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
- Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Staffordshire Care Direct Ltd SME
- Value
- £66,754.24
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 093057-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published1 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
Provision of a GP Service for Forensic Inpatients at Hatherton Centre & Ellesmere House at St Georges Hospital, Stafford & Clee Building at The Redwoods Centre, Shrewsbury. Midlands Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £66,754.24. The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are from 12th October 2026 to 11th October 2028 with an optional plus one extension up to 12 months. The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
About the supplier
Staffordshire Care Direct Ltd: every public contract they have won.