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
- Worcestershire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £4,352,425
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Paediatric services (CPV 85121291)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 079897-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Aug 2026
- Published21 Aug 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The contract was awarded under the PSR Regulations as a Direct Award Process A.
About the supplier
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.