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
- Hampshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £200,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 097926-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Oct 2026
- Published16 Oct 2026Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
Delivery of Public Health Nursing Service for children, young people and families, including health visiting, Family Nurse Partnership and Public Health Nursing (school-aged) services. The service delivers the Healthy Child Programme, mandated health and development reviews, National Child Measurement Programme, vision screening, safeguarding, health improvement, prevention and early intervention support, together with targeted and specialist interventions for vulnerable children, young people and families. Hampshire County Council intends to award a contract for the provision of Public Health Nursing Services to the existing provider, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, following Direct Award Process C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The service will be provided between 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032 with the option to extend to 31 March 2034.
About the supplier
Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.