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 Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Medway Community Healthcare MCH House, Bailey Drive, Gillingham Business Park, Gillingham, Kent ME8 0PZ SME
- Value
- £25,114,687
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 034229-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Feb 2026
- Published15 Apr 2026Published 62 days after the contract date
Description
Adult Community Services PSR direct award process A The proposed contract award period if for 27 October 2025 to 26 October 2026 and includes a 6-month no fault contract termination notice period.
About the supplier
Medway Community Healthcare MCH House, Bailey Drive, Gillingham Business Park, Gillingham, Kent ME8 0PZ: every public contract they have won.