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
- Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £256,923.50
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 084431-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Dec 2025
- Published18 Dec 2025Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of a female medium secure mental health placement. This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance; an urgent award under the PSR Regulations. The lifetime value of the contract will be on a cost per case basis to a maximum value of £256,923.50 plus any additional EPC as required. Contract start date is 1 December 2025.
About the supplier
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.