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 Highland · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- The Guardian Service Ltd. SME
- Value
- £316,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Staff development services (CPV 79633000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 017308-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jun 2023
- Published19 Jun 2023Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Highland have been providing a Guardian / Speak up service since 2020, as recommended in the Sturrock review, this is to provide an independent channel for colleague concerns to be raised where other channels have not worked or cannot be used. This service was aligned to include the National Whistleblowing standards in NHS Highland also in 2020. The market was reviewed and the only established provider of this service that we have identified with appropriate and relevant NHS specific experience is The Guardian Service. The Guardian Service has been working with NHS Highland for the past three years and NHS Highland would like to continue to provide this service to its employees for a further 12 months with the option to extend for up to another 12 months.
About the supplier
The Guardian Service Ltd.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09030131).