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
- £15,091,216
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 025294-2026 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: Regulation 9 1) Current contract coming to an end. 2) Provider satisfying the existing contract. 3) Provider likely to satisfy any new contract.
About the supplier
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC388522).