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 Dorset Integrated Care Board · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £20,297,837
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 030089-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Dec 2025
- Published1 Apr 2026Published 106 days after the contract date
Description
The services to be provided for under this contract are Integrated Urgent Care Services, NHS 111 (HA and CAS), Out of Hours GP, District Nurses, Single Point of Access (SPoA). We are intending to award a contract to an existing provider, following the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Direct Award Process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £20,297,837The contract term runs from 01 April 2026 until 31 March 2027.
About the supplier
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.