Contract award · 2 Sep 2025

Out of Area Bed Provision

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust awarded “Out of Area Bed Provision” to Cygnet Health Care Limited for £5.7m.

No competitionHealth & social careEast Midlands

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
Value
£5,701,610
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date2 Sep 2025
  2. Published3 Sep 2025Published 1 day after the contract date

Description

To provide 9 female acute and 6 male acute inpatient beds in Sheffield or in close proximity to Sheffield.<br/><br/>The Trust intends to award a contract to a provider following PSR Most Suitable Provider (MSP) award option. . The Contract will awarded to Cygnet Health Ltd. They are currently meeting all contractual and legislative requirements for the part of this contract which they already provide as detailed in the NHS Standard Subcontract.<br/><br/>The contact will be for 6 months with the option to extend for a further 2 x 6 months and has a value of £5,701,610 for the initial 6 month term and the potential extension options.

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