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
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- St Michael's Hospice Hastings and Rother SME
- Value
- £67,079
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 097405-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Oct 2026
- Published15 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
St. Michaels Hospice is a well-established provider of specialist palliative and end of life care services within East Sussex and a long-standing strategic partner with the palliative care system. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C
About the supplier
St Michael's Hospice Hastings and Rother: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01776496).