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 Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Alliance For Better Care (ABC) SME
- Value
- £3,857,132
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 104265-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Aug 2026
- Published3 Nov 2026Published 84 days after the contract date
Description
CARMS is a seven-day wrap-around primary care service with clinical cover from 08:00-20:00 across Sussex. It supports asylum seekers in Home Office contingency hotels and people with settled status under Afghan Resettlement Schemes. Arrangements include responding to urgent medical needs and coordinating with general practice, acute and mental health trusts, community services, councils and voluntary/community organisations. Annual contract value: £1,928,566 Total contract value (2-years) =£3,857,132 This is a 1-year contract with an optional 1-year extension. Contract service dates = 1st October 2026 to 30th September 2028.
About the supplier
Alliance For Better Care (ABC): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09329846).