Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Secure Care UK Limited
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Ambulance services (CPV 85143000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 014095-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Feb 2025
- Published17 Feb 2026Published 379 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award via Countess of Chester Framework, Secure Patient Transport Services National Framework Agreement Ref: F/094/SPTS/24/MH (Secure Care UK)
About the supplier
Secure Care UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08774584).