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
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Coram Voice SME
- Value
- £15,856
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital support services (CPV 85112000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 035446-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Apr 2026
- Published20 Apr 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
The contract has been awarded to Coram Voice under Direct Award Process C as the existing provider of the service, whose current contract is expiring and where the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably. Coram Voice has delivered the advocacy service at Ancora House to a satisfactory standard throughout the existing contract term, consistently meeting service requirements and national advocacy standards. Coram Voice hold the Advice Quality Standard which provides assurance of a commitment to quality. Based on performance under the current contract, the provider is assessed as likely to continue to satisfy the requirements of the proposed contract to a sufficient standard, and therefore a direct award under Process C is considered appropriate and proportionate. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance o…
About the supplier
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