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
- Value
- £844,487,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 039635-2026 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 and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to the main acute secondary care service provider across Cheshire and Merseyside, including a range of community services. The contract commenced on 1st April 2026 and will expire on the 31st March 2027 with an indicative annual contract value of £844,487,000. Any change to this indicative value will be included within any required contract modification. This contract award includes services commissioned by Cheshire & Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Lancashire & South Cumbria ICBs and NHS England.
About the supplier
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.