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
- Kooth Digital Health Limited
- Value
- £83,501
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 024470-2026 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 1 year contract with a 1 year extension option via Direct Award C to incumbent provider to deliver a QWell Service in Wirral. The contract will start on the 1st April 2026, expire on 31st March 2027 and has an annual contract value of £83,501.
About the supplier
Kooth Digital Health Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04154208).