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
- Nottinghamshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £1,832,645.08
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 081917-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Aug 2026
- Published27 Aug 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of a 24 hour Emergency Homecare Response Service for vulnerable adults. This is for occasional, unforeseen one-off emergency care and support visits. The Provider is required to respond within timeframes defined by the Commissioners. Referrals may be made by a telecare call monitoring centre or other approved agent as agreed by the Council as well as the Council's Emergency Duty Team and people using Nottinghamshire County Council's telecare services requiring emergency homecare support.
About the supplier
East Midlands Crossroads - Caring for Carers T/A TuVida: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03128681).