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
- Norfolk County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- 23 Ltd TA Smoke Free SME
- Value
- £425,425
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 075579-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Nov 2025
- Published20 Nov 2025Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Norfolk County Council intend to award a contract under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, 'Most Suitable Provider Process' for the provision of smoking cessation services. The key criteria that provider's were submitting an application for are: 1. Quality and innovation; 2. Value; 3. Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability; 4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice; 5. Social Value; A notice (2025/S 000-062011) was published for 14 days informing the market of the intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider Process. The Council sought a providers who were suitable and capable to continue the delivery of this work. Officers followed a robust evaluation against the above key criteria, after which the most suitable provider was selected. The service awarded via the Most Suitable Provider process is for a new service with a new provider. The initial contract term will be 16 months (pro rated to 31 Marc…
About the supplier
23 Ltd TA Smoke Free: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03885216).