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
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- SW Healthcare, trading as Vertis Health SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital and related services (CPV 85110000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 066450-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Jun 2026
- Published14 Jul 2026Published 25 days after the contract date
Description
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Cre NHS Trust award of contract for provision of a GP Out of Hours Service for Community Hospitals under the Provider Selection Regime urgent award provision. Community Hospitals provide inpatient services for adults, focused on sub-acute care, rehabilitation, and long-term care planning. This contract ensures the provision of medical cover during evenings, nights, weekends, and bank holidays, maintaining continuity of care and ensuring patients’ clinical needs are met while staff have access to appropriate medical support during out-of-hours periods.<br/>Due to changes in commissioning arrangements the Trust was required to establish its own contract arrangements from July 2026. The circumstances around the changes mean the criteria for an Urgent Award is met<br/>• The award or modification must be made urgently. <br/>• The reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and was not attributable to the relevant authority.<br/>• Delaying the a…
About the supplier
SW Healthcare, trading as Vertis Health: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08694165).