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 Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- One Wirral CIC
- Value
- £446,619
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 024462-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Mar 2026
- Published18 Mar 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - (Wirral Place) intend to award a 9 month contract via Direct Award C to the incumbent provider to deliver Urgent Care GP Services within the Urgent Treatment Centre in Wirral. The contract will start on the 1st April 2026, expire on 31st December 2026 and has a contract value of £446,619.
About the supplier
One Wirral CIC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 12352763).