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
- Warwickshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Unite Procurement UK Ltd SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Nicotine substitutes (CPV 33693200)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 067438-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jul 2026
- Published16 Jul 2026Published the same day
Description
Warwickshire Public Health needs a solution for the ongoing provision of vapes to support its stop smoking services once the remaining stock from the national "Swap to Stop" scheme is exhausted. The national scheme, which previously supplied vapes free of charge, has ended, and future provision is expected to be funded locally through the ring-fenced smoking cessation grant.
About the supplier
Unite Procurement UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08627563).