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
- NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Watling Street Practice
- Value
- £414,844
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · ENT or audiologist services (CPV 85121240)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 009695-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Feb 2025
- Published17 Mar 2025Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
To reduce the number of inappropriate referrals to specialist service for diagnosis and treatment, boosting management in GP practice where appropriate.<br/><br/>The contract is for a period of 2 years from 1st April 2025.
About the supplier
Watling Street Practice: every public contract they have won.