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
- Torbay Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Unite Procurement UK Ltd / Mercateo UK Limited SME
- Value
- £80,000
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award from Crown Commercial Services' RM6202 Tail Spend Solution Framework
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Database software package (CPV 48611000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jul 2025
- Published9 Jul 2025Published 21 days before the contract date
Description
Provision of a digital full-service smoking cessation offer, including coaching/behavioural support and pharmacotherapy. Data collection must comply with the Department for Health and Social Care's requirements. Assessment of effectiveness of the offer must be available from a peer reviewed publication. This is a Direct Award from the Crown Commercial Services' RM6202 Tail Spend Solution Framework, to the supplier considered to provide the most suitable digital full-service smoking cessation offer.
About the supplier
Unite Procurement UK Ltd / Mercateo UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08627563).