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
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Somerset Surgical Services Ltd SME
- Value
- £300,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Surgical hospital services (CPV 85111100)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 007065-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Feb 2024
- Published5 Mar 2024Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
The aim is to provide additional theatre (and where required outpatient and endoscopy sessions for the General Surgeons) to manage waiting times for Acute Surgery.<br/>The Authority is intending to award the contract to an existing provider following the direct award process C<br/>This is a call off contract and the maximum expected lifetime value of the contract is £300,000.00<br/>The contract dates are 01.04.24-31.03.26 with the option of 2 x 12 month extensions
About the supplier
Somerset Surgical Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07692583).