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
- Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- HCRG Care Services Ltd
- Value
- £19,849,134
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Other community, social and personal services (CPV 98000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 018429-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
-
- Contract date1 May 2025
- Published1 May 2025Published the same day
Description
Integrated Sexual Health Services (ISHS) provide a range of interventions that enable people to experience healthy sexual relationships. We require a prevention focussed integrated sexual health service that meets the needs of the local population within the borough and minimises the need for residents to travel out of the area; a service that will continually improve education, prevention, testing, treatment and support services in response to a changing environment of sexual health and relationship needs. The service will improve sexual health by delivering a range of interventions across the life course; with a focused direction of travel towards prevention, building resilience and self-esteem, along with consistently promoting healthy choices. The service will provide open and easy access, cost-effective, high-quality provision for contraception and prevention, diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections (including HIV), according to evidence-based protocols. The s…
About the supplier
HCRG Care Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07557877).