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
- Wigan Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £13,864,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 016046-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Oct 2025
- Published23 Feb 2026Published 139 days after the contract date
Description
The 0-19 (25) integrated Public Health Nursing Service will provide clinical leadership, co-ordination, and delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) 0-19 years (25) in the Wigan Borough. Direct Award Process C is set out in Regulation 9 of the PSR, and permits the re-appointment of an incumbent provider.
About the supplier
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.