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
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Optima Health UK Limited
- Value
- £2,546,304
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 058268-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Jan 2026
- Published19 Jun 2026Published 157 days after the contract date
Description
Occupational Health and referral Services for Force Employees.
About the supplier
Optima Health UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08544676).