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
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Alzheimer's Society
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital and related services (CPV 85110000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 032093-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published8 Apr 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust are using this notice as an intention to award notice.<br/><br/>Direct Award C has been used for the award of this contract. The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract. The services provided are the service specification are not changing considerably.<br/><br/>The contract has been awarded for the period of 6 months. There is no change to service provision within the new contract. Additional information: Contract award approved as follows:<br/>Key Criteria<br/><br/>1. Quality and Innovation<br/><br/>2. Value<br/><br/>3. Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability<br/><br/>4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice<br/><br/>5. Social value
About the supplier
Alzheimer's Society: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02115499).