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
- £325,508,182
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 018012-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Mar 2024
- Published30 Apr 2025Published 414 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 community services. The contract commenced on 1st April 2024 and will expire on the 31st March 2025 with an estimated annual contract value of £325,508,182 NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB £320,127,019 NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB £4,559,670 NHS Shropshire Telford and Wrekin ICB £821,493 This contract now includes elements of service that have been delegated by NHS England.
About the supplier
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.