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
- Hertfordshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- 23 Limited SME
- Value
- £419,200
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 022963-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Mar 2026
- Published13 Mar 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
The Council is intending to award this contract to our existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR.) The contract will commence on 1st April 2026 until 31st March 2027 with the option to extend for up to 1 year up until 31st March 2028. (Maximum 2 years total.) The approximate life time value of this contract is stated in II.1.7 above and includes the value of any possible extensions.
About the supplier
23 Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03885216).