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
- Manchester City Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £80,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 039568-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Apr 2026
- Published30 Apr 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The Council intend to award the contract via the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 utilising Direct Award process C: Slimming World, as the incumbent provider of Tier 2 Weight Management Services, is delivering the current contract to a consistently high standard
About the supplier
Miles Bramwell Administrative Services Ltd t/a Slimming World: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01555105).