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
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 010037-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Mar 2025
- Published18 Mar 2025Published the same day
Description
The Supplier has been providing these services under contract to KCHFT which pre-dates current PSR legislation and within the contract there is provision to extend for 12 months. KCHFT intends to use this option to extend for a period of 12 months in order to scope the trust's requirement for pathology with a view to undertaking a competitive tender process during this time.
About the supplier
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.