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
- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Widnes Highfield Health SME
- Value
- £1,010,500
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital and related services (CPV 85110000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 026206-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Mar 2026
- Published23 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
This is an intention to award a contract to an incumbent provider following direct award process C; The incumbent provider is satisfying the current contract and is expected to satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard. Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust intend to award a 1 year contract via Direct award C to deliver ENT and Ear Care This provision will be for a period of twelve months (starting from the 1 April 2026)
About the supplier
Widnes Highfield Health: every public contract they have won.