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
- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital and related services (CPV 85110000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 063154-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2025
- Published8 Oct 2025Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
To support the Trust in its elective restoration programme with insourcing capacity for the following specialities: Urology, ENT, Gynaecology and Respiratory This award has been made following direct award A and is for a extension period of 6 months starting from 1 October 2025. This is a existing provider.
About the supplier
Pentara Limited Liability Partnership: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC451547).