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 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- SignHealth
- Value
- £32,912,018
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 053631-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Aug 2025
- Published3 Sep 2025Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
Description of the services to be provided: To provide NHS Talking Therapies via British Sign Language (BSL) This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance The lifetime value of the contract is £32,912.18 The dates between which the contract provides for the service are 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026
About the supplier
SignHealth: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02610559).