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
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Health Now Limited SME
- Value
- £49,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · ENT or audiologist services (CPV 85121240)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 007304-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Feb 2025
- Published26 Feb 2025Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
Description of Services -Insourcing of Audiology Services is required to support additional capacity and reduce long waiting times. Contract Award Statement - this award has been made following a call-off from the NHS SBS Insourcing of Clinical Support Services framework ref: SBS10203. Contract Value - the approximate lifetime value of the contract is £49000 excluding VAT. Contract period - 15.02.25 - 31.03.25 This is a new service with a new provider.
About the supplier
Health Now Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13335901).