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 Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Immedicare LLP
- Value
- £696,620
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 063183-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Feb 2026
- Published6 Jul 2026Published 139 days after the contract date
Description
THIS IS A PSR PERMITTED MODIFICATION NOTICE This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally modified. On the 17th February 2026 NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Procurement Decision Review Group (PDRG) approved a permitted modification to enact an available 1 year extension period. The original contract started on 1st April 2023, expires on 31st March 2026 and has a one-year extension option. The modified expiry date is now 31st March 2027. The annual contract value for the 1-year extension period is £696,620 + inflationary uplift as determined by the ICB. No conflicts of interest were declared in making this decision.
About the supplier
Immedicare LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC386260).