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
- Leeds GATE SME
- Value
- £294,397
- 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
- 077088-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Aug 2026
- Published13 Aug 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
The Contract Authority; NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract under Direct Award Process A. The authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime. <br/>Service: Advocacy Support, Leeds GATE<br/>Contract Term: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2030<br/>Contract Value: £294,397<br/><br/>Rationale for contract award:<br/>There are no realistic alternatives to re- commissioning the existing provider because Gypsies and Travellers are recognised as ethnic minority groups under the Race Relations Act (as amended in 2000) and are considered to have ‘protected characteristics’ under the 2010 Equality Act.<br/><br/>A primary focus of this service is providing advocacy support to enhance the health and wellbeing of this community.<br/><br/>This contract is within the scope of PSR, and direct award A route will be used to directly award the contract to Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange (Leeds GATE).<br/><br/>The current pr…
About the supplier
Leeds GATE: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06386295).