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 Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- EndoCare Diagnostics SME
- Value
- £0.01
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 039634-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Nov 2025
- Published30 Apr 2026Published 163 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB has awarded a contract via Direct Award B, following a patient choice accreditation process, to deliver gastroenterology services across the Cheshire & Merseyside area. The contract start date is 1st April 2026 and will expire 31st March 2027. Given this Provider has only recently mobilised its service for Cheshire & Merseyside patients, there is no guaranteed contract value and payment will be made on activity undertaken at NHS Payment Scheme prices. This is a existing service being provided by a existing provider.
About the supplier
EndoCare Diagnostics: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11024723).