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
- Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Intersource Medical Services Ltd SME
- Value
- £1,629,333
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Dermatology services (CPV 85121282)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 024534-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Mar 2026
- Published18 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
Provision of Insourcing Services for Dermatology - This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The value of the contract is £1,955,200 inc VAT. The services are to be provided from 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2027.
About the supplier
Intersource Medical Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08086686).