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 England · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £10,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 092356-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
-
- Contract date22 Sep 2026
- Published30 Sep 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
This award is being made following Direct Award Process A of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/>This service is for the provision of NHS Vaccination and Immunisation Services.<br/>Cambridge and Peterborough Foundation Trust are an existing provider of the health care services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate. NHSE are satisfied that the health care services to which the contracting arrangements relate to can only be provided by this provider due to the nature of how these services are delivered. The service offered is Opportunistic vaccinations, primarily Influenza, for inpatients. As these patients are restricted to this location whilst a patient no other provider is able to provide this service, due to access restrictions and patient safety in the intermediate care units where the service will be provided. <br/>The contract will commence 01 October 2026 and will end 31 March 2028 with an option to extend for a further 12 m…
About the supplier
Cambridge and Peterborough Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.