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
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Tomorrow Cardiovascular Ltd SME
- Value
- £42,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical imaging services (CPV 85150000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 001317-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Jan 2026
- Published8 Jan 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
This a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) notice of urgent award. This contract has been awarded in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The authority has deemed that this award must be made urgently. The reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and is not attributable to the authority, delaying the award of the contract to conduct a full application of the regime would likely pose a risk to patient safety. Contract start date: January 2026 Contract end date: 31 March 2026 Total contract value: £42,000 Decision makers: General Manager Associate Director of Finance Improvement Director No Conflicts of Interest declared
About the supplier
Tomorrow Cardiovascular Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03773485).