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
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Compass Group Holdings
- Value
- £0.01
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Hospitality & catering · Catering services (CPV 55520000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 054180-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Jun 2026
- Published9 Jun 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Provision of outsourced retail catering services. Additional information: This procurement was conducted as a further competition exercise against the Government Commercial Agency (formerly Crown Commercial Services) Framework Agreement RM6331, Lot 4B. Suppliers awarded onto Lot 4B were invited to tender. The contract is income generating by means of lease contract.
About the supplier
Compass Group Holdings: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02090126).