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 Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Bondcare (Bromford) Limited
- Value
- £3,060,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Residential nursing care services (CPV 85144100)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 054302-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Jun 2026
- Published9 Jun 2026Published the same day
Description
"The services to be provided under this contract are for short term, discharge to assess, care home placements for patients being disharged from hospital via pathway 2. The contract is intended to be awarded to an existing provider following direct award process C. The contract is intended to cover services provided from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027, and the approximate lifetime value of the contract is £3,060,000.00 dependent on the variable factors, such as spot purchase placements."
About the supplier
Bondcare (Bromford) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07206059).