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
- NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Pressbeau Limited SME
- Value
- £1,274,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 071641-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Nov 2025
- Published6 Nov 2025Published the same day
Description
Direct Award A has been made to Leighton Forest Care by BLMK ICB to provide a 10-bed unit designed to support the recovery of patients experiencing dementia or confusion, who are not yet ready to be discharged home.<br/><br/>The contract is awarded for a period of up to two years from 03rd November 2025, with clauses for an early exit if the service does not meet key KPI’s. <br/><br/>The total contract value for 2 years is £1,274,400.
About the supplier
Pressbeau Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01787750).