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
- £454,059,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 017955-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Nov 2024
- Published30 Apr 2025Published 162 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, CDC, MSK and Direct Access to Diagnostic services. The contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and will expire on the 31st March 2026 with an estimated annual contract value of £454,059,000. This contract now includes elements of services that have been delegated by NHS England, and services delivered on behalf of Wirral Borough Council. Updates to the estimated contract value will be included within future contract modifications.
About the supplier
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.