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
- Supplier
- Vita Health Solutions
- Value
- £803,617
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 018820-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Mar 2025
- Published2 May 2025Published 45 days after the contract date
Description
THIS IS A CONTRACT MODIFICATION NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has approved a modification to a contract that was awarded under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The existing contract to deliver Community Dermatology services started on 1st September 2022 and expires on 31st August 2025 with an option to extend for 24 months. This modification enacts the 24 month extension to the contract term, with the modified expiry date being 31st August 2027. The original contract value £2,280,000 and the modification annual contract value is £803,617. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally modified. On the 18th March 2025 Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - Procurement Decision Group approved this decision and no conflict…
About the supplier
Vita Health Solutions: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03829618).