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
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Pure Innovations Limited
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 079741-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Aug 2026
- Published21 Aug 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Services to be provided: Individual Placement Support (IPS) Services for SMI <br/>PCFT is intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C for a period of one year, with the intention of running a Competitive Process for contract starting 1st April 2028<br/>Approx lifetime value of contract: up to £6,500,000 depending on ICB investment decisions <br/>Contract dates: 1st April 2027 to 31st March 2028
About the supplier
Pure Innovations Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05241249).