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
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- HomeLink Healthcare Ltd
- Value
- £430,528
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital and related services (CPV 85110000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 020916-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Dec 2025
- Published9 Mar 2026Published 77 days after the contract date
Description
To provide clinical services at patients' homes, including the provision of IV therapy, wound management, phlebotomy services & any other appropriate service which are agreed by both organisations. This Trust is intending to award the contract through Direct Award 'C' to an existing provider. The contract is for six months, ending 28th September 2026.
About the supplier
HomeLink Healthcare Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09767951).