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 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Children's Hospice South West
- Value
- £363,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Services provided by medical personnel (CPV 85141000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 091143-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Sep 2026
- Published25 Sep 2026Published 22 days after the contract date
Description
The procurement is for the award of an NHS Standard Contract for the provision of specialist children’s palliative and end of life hospice care services for babies, children and young people aged 0-18 years across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The service provides holistic, family-centred care for children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, including specialist symptom management, respite care, end of life care, advance care planning, emotional and psychological support, transition support, and bereavement services. The service is delivered through a multidisciplinary model across hospice, home, community, education and hospital settings, with access to Children’s Hospice South West's purpose-built Little Harbour Hospice in Cornwall. The contract supports the delivery of high-quality, coordinated palliative and end of life care in line with national and local commissioning priorities.<br/><br/>This award has been made under direct award A of the Pr…
About the supplier
Children's Hospice South West: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02620879).