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 Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £4,856,195
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 079226-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Jul 2026
- Published19 Aug 2026Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
The Norfolk and Suffolk ICB commission Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) to deliver the Learning Disability (LD) inpatient assessment and treatment service. The current contract ending in August 2026. HPFT will be awarded a short term inpatient contract from 1st September 2026 to 31 May 2028 to align with the wider LD service contracts. . NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / p…
About the supplier
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.