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 Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Safecare Network Limited SME
- Value
- £1,908,234
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · General-practitioner services (CPV 85121100)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 057311-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Sep 2025
- Published17 Sep 2025Published the same day
Description
Provision of GP Out of Hours services in North Lincolnshire. The service provides GP OOH services, as applicable during an out of hours period, to patients registered in North Lincolnshire where it would not be reasonable for the patient to wait for the services to be available from their registered GP practice during opening hours. The GP Out of Hours Service will • work with health and care system partners across primary, community, mental health, acute and social care to provide support and advice to individuals with the aim of avoiding A&E attendances and hospital admissions, where clinically appropriate. • Provide a face-to-face service and telephone-based treatment and advice to patients where NHS 111 triage has determined that a more in-depth clinical assessment is required by a GP/other professional, or home visit is required. • Provide acute management of exacerbations of long-term conditions, including supporting people to use any prescribed rescue medication in line with ca…
About the supplier
Safecare Network Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04709142).