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
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Malling Health (UK) Ltd SME
- Value
- £7,376,756
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 041803-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Jun 2025
- Published21 Jul 2025Published 24 days after the contract date
Description
The Trust intends to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C for the provision of Sandwell Urgent Treatment Centre services. <br/> The service is located at Sandwell Health Campus, Lyndon, West Bromwich, West Midlands B71 4HJ. It will treat minor illness and injury and be open from 8am to 11pm daily, 365 days per year. The service is accessible to all, irrespective of GP registration or local residency. The contract will commence service on 1st October 2025 for a period of one year with an option for a further one year extension. The funding envelope for the service is £3,688,378pa at 2025/26 prices.
About the supplier
Malling Health (UK) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07034946).