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
- North Cheshire & Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £24,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 043196-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 May 2026
- Published11 May 2026Published the same day
Description
Provision of a Fertility Consultant for secondary fertility services at our Halton Site 1 x 4 hour clinic session each Tuesday morning 08:30:12:30 - 8 patients per clinic Secondary Fertility Consultant duties • Out-patient first attendance (OPFA) • Out-patient follow-up attendance (OPFU) • Screening tests (chlamydia/rubella) • Semen analysis - will be referred to andrology laboratory at HFC. • Management of complex patients. However complex management decisions will take place in WHH with specialist teams eg) diabetologists/cardiac specialists/obstetricians etc. WHH will provide • Any bloods that are required on attendance at these secondary fertility clinics and will be taken in the WHH outpatient phlebotomy service. • If an ultrasound or hycosy is required the fertility consultant will order via WHH EPR system. The ultrasound or hycosy will be performed by WHH radiography team.
About the supplier
Liverpool Womens NHS foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.