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
- Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- HCRG Care Services Ltd
- Value
- £19,849,134
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Other community, social and personal services (CPV 98000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 022474-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 May 2025
- Published19 May 2025Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice for Direct award C. 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 or Procurement Act 23 do not apply to this award. The standstill period will concluded at midnight 14th May 2025. This is a contract award notice. Decision to award was made by Director of Public Health. The basic and 5 key criteria were all applied. The provider response was evaluated and all criteria scored above the required pass rate. Fixed price plus agenda for change uplifts will be applied each year (built into the contract but will increase the annual value). There were no Conflicts of interest identified among the evaluating panel.
About the supplier
HCRG Care Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07557877).