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 Somerset Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- The British Red Cross Society
- Value
- £418,850
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 028331-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 May 2025
- Published29 May 2025Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board ("the ICB") intends to award a contract to an existing provider, British Red Cross, following a Provider Selection Regime Direct Award Process C in accordance with the criteria outlined in Regulation (9) of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 whilst a competitive process is undertaken. The service provides a dedicated voluntary car driver service for eligible Service Users (and their Escorts) accessing oncology services for courses of chemotherapy or radiotherapy combined with other cancer treatments. Scope of Services A voluntary car service to transport eligible service users to their oncology related healthcare appointments. The service: • Provides and manages volunteer drivers who use their own vehicles or one provided by the organisation. • Operates between 8am and 8pm, supporting service users traveling to Musgrove Beacon Centre and Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre • Provides support for service users an…
About the supplier
The British Red Cross Society: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00220949).