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 West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Together Trust
- Value
- £145,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 075985-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Aug 2026
- Published11 Aug 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The Contract Authority; NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board intends to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C. The authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime.<br/>Contract term: 1st September 2026 to 31st August 2029 (includes options to extend for 1+1)<br/>Contract value £555,000<br/><br/>Rationale for the award of contract:<br/>• The ICB is not required to follow direct award process A or B<br/>• The proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably from the existing contract<br/>• The ICB is of the view that the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract to a sufficient standard, according to the detail outlined in the contract, and also taking into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria<br/>• The ICB is of the view that the existing provider will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard taking into account …
About the supplier
Together Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00301722).