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
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- Fairview Health Limited SME
- Value
- £5,478,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Pharmaceutical products (CPV 33600000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 025040-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Mar 2026
- Published19 Mar 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
Physical Health Pharmacy Service – Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.<br/><br/>This notice confirms that an award has been made through an extension of the existing contract while the procurement process for a new contract is underway.<br/><br/>The Trust has entered into a contract covering the period 01/05/2026 to 30/04/2027. An optional extension of up to six months is included, should it be required to support the ongoing procurement exercise.
About the supplier
Fairview Health Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06907366).