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 West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Local Care Direct Limited
- Value
- £58,248,988
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · General-practitioner services (CPV 85121100)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 021134-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Mar 2026
- Published10 Mar 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
The Contract Authority; NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board intends to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C. The authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime.<br/><br/>Contract will commence on 1 April 2026 with a term of 2 Years.<br/><br/> The Contract value will be £58,248,998. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 20 March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the PSR.’<br/>Written repr…
About the supplier
Local Care Direct Limited: every public contract they have won.