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
- NHS England - North East and Yorkshire · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £15,502,193
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · General-practitioner services (CPV 85121100)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 016548-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Apr 2025
- Published23 Apr 2025Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
The relevant authority has abandoned its procurement of Primary Care Services (including Substance Misuse) and Mental Health Services (including Learning Disabilities and Autism) for West Yorkshire adult male prisons within His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) ("Service") with reference number NHSE939. The contract for the Service with the incumbent provider was due to expire on 31st March 2025. The relevant authority has decided that an urgent modification is required to extend the current contract for the Service by 12 months, to expire on 31st March 2026, increasing the contract value by £15,502,193. Additional information: In view of the urgency, the current provider was the only provider able to provide services to preserve service continuity. No realistic alternative provider given timescales
About the supplier
Practice Plus Group Health and Rehabilitation Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10498997).