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 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Cora Health Limited
- Value
- £1,797,411
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 074114-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Sep 2025
- Published14 Nov 2025Published 71 days after the contract date
Description
Description of the services to be provided: Patients are referred into the community MSK service where they are triaged by clinical teams and directed to the most clinically appropriate part of the pathway, only accessing secondary care if required. The ICB is intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £1,797,411 Additional information: In line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
About the supplier
Cora Health Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06896144).