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
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- Cygnet Health Care Limited SME
- Value
- £400,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 035641-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Apr 2026
- Published20 Apr 2026Published the same day
Description
The Contracting Authority - Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust intends to award a contract to the existing provider of care following a Direct Award Process C The Authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime Services to be provided between 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2027 with an optional 12 month extension - total estimated cost £400,000
About the supplier
Cygnet Health Care Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02141256).