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
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Supportive Care (UK) Limited SME
- Value
- £81,900
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 066404-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Sep 2025
- Published17 Oct 2025Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of 24-hour Palliative Care Consultancy Service for palliative care teams across the Northern Care Alliance NHS FT hospital sites and community areas.
About the supplier
Supportive Care (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09374737).