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 Frimley Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £1,242,975
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 026578-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Nov 2025
- Published24 Mar 2026Published 140 days after the contract date
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Confirmation of award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The Commissioner made the decision of directly awarding the incumbent provider Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service in accordance with the following five criteria outlined in Regulation (9) of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. • Quality and innovation • Value • Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability • Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice • Social value It has been advised that Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service has the evidenced ability to deliver the activity required to meet service requirements within the required region. A direct award to Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service unde…
About the supplier
Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service: every public contract they have won.