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
- Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- KIMS Hospital Limited
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital services (CPV 85111000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 005775-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Jan 2026
- Published22 Jan 2026Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of Outsourced nuclear medicine scans. Additional information: A PIN setting out intention to award was published on 7th January 2026. Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-001093
About the supplier
KIMS Hospital Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07525422).