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
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- R.I.S Products Ltd SME
- Value
- £44,000
- 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
- 041438-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Jul 2025
- Published18 Jul 2025Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority has awarded a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). High level outcomes which the service is expected to make a direct contribution to: • Decrease the levels of aspiration pneumonia in Care Homes • Reduce the number of admissions via A&E for pneumonia from care homes • Reduce the levels of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia for non-elective admissions • Reduce the levels of disease by improving oral health in the elderly and the vulnerable • Reduce the treatment needs for these groups • Increase awareness to all frontline staff of the links between oral care and poor hydration and nutrition • Increase the awareness of the links between poor oral care and aspirating pneumonia • Increase the number of residents in care homes with personal oral health care plans • Increase the number of the elderly cared for in their own homes with personal oral care plans • Increase the number of patients on admission to hospi…
About the supplier
R.I.S Products Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01058663).