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 Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Southport and Formby Health Limited SME
- Value
- £1,648,176
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 058533-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Sep 2025
- Published22 Sep 2025Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Sefton Place intend to award a 1 year contract via Direct award C to incumbent provider to deliver the community cardiology service in Southport and Formby. There will be an option to extend by a further year. The contract will start on the 1st of October 2025, expire on 30th September 2026 and has an expected annual contract value of £824,088 (+ inflationary uplift as determined by the ICB).
About the supplier
Southport and Formby Health Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09989015).