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
- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- ELFS Business Services SME
- Value
- £990,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Payroll management services (CPV 79211110)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 071951-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Jul 2026
- Published30 Jul 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
Payroll Service Outsourced
About the supplier
ELFS Business Services: every public contract they have won.