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
- Walsall Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
- Value
- £19,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 038389-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published28 Apr 2026Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
The Integrated Sexual Health Service offers service users open access to confidential, non-judgemental care. The service includes testing, treatment, and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood-borne viruses (including HIV), HIV prevention through pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), comprehensive contraceptive provision, as well as health promotion, prevention, and relevant vaccinations. This service plays a vital public health role in reducing the transmission of infections and limiting their spread within the wider population. Importantly, the service is designed to be responsive to the diverse needs of local communities, ensuring that approaches are tailored to specific population groups. An award has been made following Direct Award Process A; The lifetime value of the contract is approximately £19,000,000 excluding VAT; Contract term: 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2030, with options to extend till 31 March 2036.
About the supplier
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.