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
- Value
- £30,195,536
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 025256-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Mar 2026
- Published19 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB intend to award a 2 year contract via Direct award C to the incumbent provider to deliver the Non Emergency Patient Transport Services in Cheshire. The contract will start on the 1st of April 2026, expire on 31st March 2028 and has an estimated annual contract value of £15,097,768. This is an indicative value based on historic expenditure and may be subject to change.
About the supplier
West Midland Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.