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
- The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £45,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 032888-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Jun 2025
- Published17 Jun 2025Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames intends to award a contract to Miles-Bramwell Executive Services Ltd, trading as Slimming World, for the delivery of community-based Tier 2 adult weight management services. The services will offer access to Slimming World’s evidence-based 12-week programme of dietary, physical activity, and behaviour change support to eligible residents. The service is designed to help improve health outcomes by supporting sustainable weight loss among adults who are overweight or obese, as part of the borough’s public health strategy to reduce obesity and health inequalities. This contract is Intending to be awarded to the existing provider under Direct Award Process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, on the basis that the provider is assessed as the most suitable to deliver the service, and that running a competitive process is not required. This decision is based on value for money, continuity of service, accessibil…
About the supplier
Miles-Bramwell Executive Services Ltd t/a Slimming World: every public contract they have won.