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 Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £42,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 035260-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
-
- Contract date17 Apr 2026
- Published17 Apr 2026Published the same day
Description
NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB, intend to award a contract for the provision of a Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) via Direct Award Process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract is intended to run for 2 years commencing on 1st May 2026 and ending on 30th April 2028. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be £42,000,000.
About the supplier
West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.