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
- Student Loans Company · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Optima Health UK Limited
- Value
- £62,500
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Company health services (CPV 85147000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 034542-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Apr 2026
- Published16 Apr 2026Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
The award is a call off from the SPS Framework Agreement, contract ref SPS-02193
About the supplier
Optima Health UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08544676).