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 Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £2,250,000
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award Process C - Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Mar 2025
- Published17 Mar 2025Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
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 of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to Jessica.Gaucher-Thompson@nhs.net by Thursday 27th March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. The decision makers for this process were the Regional Director of Commissioning (NHS England - London) and Director of Commissioning Finance (NHS England -London). To ensure a robust decision-making process, a number of Key Lines of Enquiry (KLoEs) were mapped to the five key criteria outlined in the Providers Selection Regime (PSR), which are: 1. Quality and innovation 2. Value 3. Integration, collaborati…
About the supplier
South London And Maudsley Nhs Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.