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
- The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Cobalt Health SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical imaging services (CPV 85150000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 005894-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Jan 2026
- Published22 Jan 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The service required is for a Mobile CT Lung Screening Service - The Lung Cancer Screening programme invites people between the ages of 55-74 who have ever smoked, to an NHS lung Health Check. At the lung health check a participant is asked a series of questions to calculate their risk of having lung cancer now or in the future. If the person is thought to be of high risk they are offered a low dose CT scan. <br/><br/>This contract has been awarded under PSR Direct Award Process C. The value of the 6 month contract is £375,300.00. It is proposed that this contract will run from the period 01/04/2026 to 30/09/2026.
About the supplier
Cobalt Health: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04366596).