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 Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Language Empire
- Value
- £364,025
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 060946-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Sep 2025
- Published30 Sep 2025Published the same day
Description
Further competition for the provision of Language Services on behalf of Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board. Utilising NOE CPC Framework NOE.583. Lot 1a & Lot 5a. Contract for a period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years. Previous notice concerning the framework placed by NOE CPC is 2024/S 000-005465.
About the supplier
Language Empire: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05535464).