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
- Cumberland Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Direct Health Care Group
- Value
- £100,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Lifting equipment for health care sector (CPV 33192600)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 063467-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2025
- Published8 Oct 2025Published 99 days after the contract date
Description
Cumberland Council has awarded a Call-Off Contract via a Direct Award under Lot 6 of the ESPO Framework (364) for Stairlifts, Steplifts, Vertical Through-floor Lifts and Hoists to Prism UK Ltd to supply and install ceiling track hoists. The maximum contract value under this Direct Award Call-Off Contract will be for £100,000 and this will be solely for the supply and installation of ceiling track hoists, under warranty (including service, maintenance and testing) intended for use in a domestic setting by persons with impaired mobility. The contract term is 1st July 2025 to 30th June 2027. Details of expenditure and extension periods are indicative only. The Council is currently in the process of transforming the Community Equipment Service alongside any externally commissioned Equipment Services to make sure we have a streamlined Equipment Service available across the Cumberland footprint. The purchase of additional Ceiling Track Hoists will allow people to remain in their own home, i…
About the supplier
Direct Health Care Group: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05252571).