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
- Audiological Science Ltd
- Value
- £1
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 040168-2026 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 - Wirral Place is awarding a 1 year contract via Direct Award B to Audiological Science to deliver Community Audiology Services in the permitted Places across Cheshire and Merseyside. The contract will start on the 1st April 2026, expire on 31st March 2027 and is a tariff based contract with no guaranteed activity. This is a current service being provided by an existing provider.
About the supplier
Audiological Science Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09109538).