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
- Blackburn with Darwen · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Brook
- Value
- £4,706,552
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Family-planning services (CPV 85312330)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 064287-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Oct 2025
- Published10 Oct 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Provision of Integrated Sexual Health Services This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Contract will have a standstill period and will not be formally awarded until 21st October 2025 Additional information: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
About the supplier
Brook: every public contract they have won.