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 Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Primary Care Partners Limited SME
- Value
- £1,706,361.28
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · General-practitioner services (CPV 85121100)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 018196-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Dec 2025
- Published2 Mar 2026Published 82 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB intends to award a contract to the existing provider (Primary Care Partners Limited) via Direct Award Process C as described in regulation 9 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The Provider will be required to deliver primary medical services throughout core hours as determined in the NHS Standard Alternative Provider Medical Services Contract 2025.<br/><br/>The incumbent provider has been delivering Core Primary Care services to the registered patient lists at the Anchor Centre and Meridian Practice. Key criteria were specified, and assessment against each criterion was undertaken based on the current service delivery model and performance.<br/><br/>The supplier meets all the requirements specified to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, and it is expected that they will satisfy the requirements of the new contract.<br/><br/>The contract start date is 1st April 2026 for a period of 1 Year until 31st Mar…
About the supplier
Primary Care Partners Limited: every public contract they have won.