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
- Nuffield Health
- Value
- £4,662,183
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital and related services (CPV 85110000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 018828-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Nov 2024
- Published2 May 2025Published 164 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 general surgery services started on 1st April 2023 and expired on 31st March 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 March 2027. The original contract value was based on cost per case with an indicative value of £7,805,756 and the modification annual contract value is £4,662,183.
About the supplier
Nuffield Health: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00576970).