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
- £776,346,780
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 017645-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Mar 2024
- Published29 Apr 2025Published 413 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to the main acute secondary care service provider across Cheshire and Merseyside including anticoagulation / community services. The contract commenced on 1st April 2024 and will expire on the 31st March 2025 with an estimated annual contract value of £776,346,780. This contract now includes elements of service that have been delegated by NHS England. Associate commissioner information to follow via modification.
About the supplier
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.