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
- Supplier
- Asda Pharmacy
- Value
- £0.01
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pharmacy services (CPV 85149000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 060056-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jul 2025
- Published26 Sep 2025Published 72 days after the contract date
Description
Pharmacy Services The relevant authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. The contract value is £0.01 The contract value cannot be confirmed as the services are activity based contracts with no guaranteed contract value. Contract Start Date: 01/04/2025 Contract End Date: 31/03/2026 Although the contract start is 01/04/2025, the services have been delivered on an implied contract and contracts will be issued following the standstill period from the date of this notice.
About the supplier
Asda Pharmacy: every public contract they have won.