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
- Coventry City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Citizens Advice Mid Mercia SME
- Value
- £532,921
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Investigation services (CPV 79720000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 014764-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Apr 2025
- Published11 Apr 2025Published the same day
Description
Provision of the Healthwatch Coventry Service and Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service (IHCAS). The Provider shall deliver the Healthwatch Coventry Service and be responsible for providing the Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service on behalf of Coventry City Council. Although Healthwatch Coventry Service and IHCAS are separate services, the Council requires a single organisation to provide both independent services in order to meet statutory duties and requirements.
About the supplier
Citizens Advice Mid Mercia: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05311627).