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 North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £221,999
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 059203-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Aug 2025
- Published24 Sep 2025Published 25 days after the contract date
Description
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board have made an Urgent Direct Award of Contract for a discharge vehicle at Sunderland Royal Hospital for a maximum contract period of 12 months in order to ensure continuity of service provision remains in place whilst also ensuring that a procurement is completed by 29 August 2026. The circumstances are as follows: Extreme urgency and due to circumstances beyond the ICB's control The existing provider unexpectedly served notice on the contract.
About the supplier
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.