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 Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £0.01
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 003575-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Dec 2025
- Published15 Jan 2026Published 45 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) and Frimley Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are commissioning standard termination of pregnancy (TOP) services to meet the needs of the local population covered within the ICBs' regions, to provide a professional and personalised service that enables service users to access services which are safe, accessible, timely and of high quality. The Commissioner is directly awarding, following Direct Award Process B, a contract to British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) in accordance with the criteria outlined in Regulation (9) of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The initial contract term is 12months with an option to extend for a further 24 months. The initial 12-month contract period commenced on the 1st December 2025. The Contracting Authority is BOB ICB, with Frimley ICB as an associa…
About the supplier
British Pregnancy Advisory Service: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01803160).