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
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Intuitive Surgical Limited SME
- Value
- £2,112,200
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Surgical instruments (CPV 33169000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 008896-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Feb 2025
- Published12 Mar 2025Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust requires the provision of a robotic surgical system that can provide automated robotic assistance in performing thoracic surgical procedures for principally lung cancer (but also non-malignant) presentations, such that the surgeon has sufficient dexterity, control and visualisation of the surgical field so as to be able to achieve the same (preferably better) outcomes from the same (preferably broader) repertoire of procedures currently undertaken through VATS or open surgery.<br/><br/>The Authority also require the ongoing support and assistance of the Supplier of the robot in training their surgeons and surgical teams in its usage, providing timely and reliable servicing, maintenance, repair and equipment upgrade services, and in helping the Authority optimise the clinical outcomes and operational efficiency of the broader RATS programme that will be based around this system.<br/><br/><br/>Following a competitive process under the NHS Supply…
About the supplier
Intuitive Surgical Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06727762).