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
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Vernova Healthcare Community Interest Company SME
- Value
- £35,880
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 024410-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Mar 2026
- Published18 Mar 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
To provide a consult-led lipidology outpatient clinic service on site at Leighton Hospital.
About the supplier
Vernova Healthcare Community Interest Company: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06122687).