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 Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £117,947,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 017409-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Nov 2024
- Published28 Apr 2025Published 160 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to the main provider of acute secondary care, mental health and learning disability services for children and young people across Cheshire and Merseyside. NHS Greater Manchester ICB and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB are Associate Commissioners to this contract. The contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and will expire on the 31st March 2026 with an estimated NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB annual contract value of £117,947,000. This contract will also include elements of service that have been delegated by NHS England. Once confirmed, contract values for NHS England and Associate Commissioners will be published via a Modification Notice.
About the supplier
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.