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 South East London Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- QHS (Quay Health Solutions) SME
- Value
- £12,745,893
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Residential health facilities services (CPV 85144000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 061347-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Jun 2025
- Published1 Oct 2025Published 111 days after the contract date
Description
The notice relates to Southwark Care Home Practice health care services. This notice is an intention to award a contract to the existing provider following direct award process C. The lifetime Value of the contract is £12,745,893 (£849,726 per annum). The contract term will be 5 years with the option to extend for a further 5 years, followed by the option to extend for another 5 years (5+5+5) at the sole discretion of the Authority. The contract will start on 01/04/2026 and end 31/03/2031, if all optional extensions are utilised the contract end date will be 31/03/41.
About the supplier
QHS (Quay Health Solutions): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07771234).