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
- Spire Healthcare Limited SME
- Value
- £35,133,400
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 040146-2026 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 1 year contract via Direct Award B to deliver elective secondary care acute services across Cheshire and Merseyside . The contract started on 1st April 2026 and will expire 31st March 2027 and has an indicative annual contract value of £35,133,400. This is an existing service being provided by an existing provider. Co-commissioners will be added via a modification.
About the supplier
Spire Healthcare Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01522532).