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
- Marie Curie
- Value
- £1,079,386
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 024521-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Mar 2026
- Published18 Mar 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Liverpool Place intend to award a 1 year contract via Direct Award C to incumbent provider to deliver End of Life (STARS) Service in Liverpool. The contract will start on the 1st of April 2026, expire on 31st March 2027 and has an annual indicative value of £1,079,386
About the supplier
Marie Curie: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00507597).