Contract award · 2 Oct 2025

Continuing Healthcare Activity Support

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board awarded “Continuing Healthcare Activity Support” to UB Healthcare for £465k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careNorth East

Value £465k
WinnerUB Healthcare SME

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
Supplier
UB Healthcare SME
Value
£464,965
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Advisory services provided by nurses (CPV 85141220)
Timeline
  1. Contract date2 Oct 2025
  2. Published2 Oct 2025Published the same day

Description

The provision of remote and face to face reviews of overdue CHC care packages and Fast Track Reviews This is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of PSR at a value of circa £464,965 This is a new service to be provided by a new supplier The contract will run from 15th October 2025 to 14th October 2026.

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