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
- Value
- £1,754,680
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Health & social care · Administrative social services (CPV 85321000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Jul 2025
- Published16 Oct 2025Published 99 days after the contract date
Description
Award contract notice for the procurement of Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to secure critical national support and improvement infrastructure for the 25/26 financial year. The support helps local authorities and their partners to meet their adult social care legislative duties under the Care Act 2014 and other relevant legislation, improve adult social care and outcomes for people needing care, support and safeguarding. Direct award in accordance with PCR 2015 under regulation 32 2b(ii) competition absent due to technical reasons.
About the supplier
Association of Directors of Adult Social Services: every public contract they have won.