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
- Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £14,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Optician services (CPV 85160000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 030536-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published1 Apr 2026Published the same day
Description
Provision of Domiciliary Optical Goods and Services within BSMHFT Secure Care units in Birmingham. This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance ( that this is an urgent award), an estimated value of £14,000 between 1 April 2026 and 31 March 2027.
About the supplier
Birmingham 1 Domiciliary Specsavers Ltd: every public contract they have won.