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
- North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Placement · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Cygnet Sherwood
- Value
- £28,980
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Psychiatric hospital services (CPV 85111500)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 076449-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Jul 2026
- Published11 Aug 2026Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
This Contract Award Notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 8 for Direct Award Process B, where the the Trust is awarding this contract having conducted spot purchasing analysis and concluded that this is the only available option. The Trust has a choice of providers, and is not seeking to restrict the number of providers. The service is for specialised Psychiatric care for a named patient. Psychiatric Intensive Care Units(PICU) are specialist wards that provide inpatient mental health care, assessment and comprehensive treatment to individuals who are experiencing the most acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder. The contract has been awarded following direct award process B at £1035.00 per day for a nominal period of 4 weeks as the duration is unknown. The patient would be reviewed daily Mon-Fri and would be repatriated where clinically appropriate. Estimated total cost is £28980.00 from 13th July 2026 to n…
About the supplier
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