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
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- apetito Limited
- Value
- £1,039,542
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Food & drink · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products (CPV 15000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 059195-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Jun 2026
- Published24 Jun 2026Published the same day
Description
Delivery of ready prepared meals for Leighton Hospital
About the supplier
apetito Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00233851).