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
- Shropshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £7,385,574.50
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 018768-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Mar 2026
- Published3 Mar 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
This is an intention to award the contract for an existing service to an existing provider following direct award process C under the Provider Selection regime. The Public Health Nursing service contract includes health visiting, school nursing and Family Nurse Partnership This is a mandated PH contract that needs to deliver within the national model of the Healthy Child Programme. Going forward it is expected that the Provider would continue to participate in key transformation programmes and support innovative ways of working to improve outcomes for families. The contract will be for a period of 18 months years commencing on 1st April 2026.
About the supplier
Shropshire Community NHS Trust, Shropshire Community NHS Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00000000).