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 Frimley Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ascenti Physio Limited
- Value
- £1,375,304
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Physiotherapy services (CPV 85142100)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 009788-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jan 2026
- Published4 Feb 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Frimley ICB ("the Commissioner") sought to commission provision to provide a Community MSK Physiotherapy service to eligible patients in the Surrey Heath geographical locality. The patient population covered by the service is patients registered with a GP Practice in the Surrey Heath geographical locality. Referrals are primarily via the GP, but referrals are also received via the community MSK Diagnostic Uncertainty service in Surrey Heath. The focus of the community MSK Physiotherapy service is to prioritise conditions where there is high risk of long-term disability if early intervention is not delivered. Frimley ICB has followed PSR Direct Award C for the contract to which this notice relates. The total expected value of the contract for the initial 1-year contract term is £687,652. The optional 1-year extension expected value of the contract is £687,652 Therefore, the full expected lifetime contract value (1yr+1yr) is £1,375,304. The payment mechanism under the contract is co…
About the supplier
Ascenti Physio Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04530716).