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
- Manchester City Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £9,038,644
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 025292-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Mar 2026
- Published19 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
The Council intend to award the contract via the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 utilising Direct Award process C: NHS provider has been satisfying the outgoing contract and is likely to be able to satisfy the new contract in line with PSR Direct Award C. Unlikely that there are any other providers in the sector that could provide a comparable service.
About the supplier
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC388522).