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 Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £0.01
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 010055-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Mar 2025
- Published19 Mar 2025Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
This contract award has been made following Direct Award Process B under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) do not apply. This is a zero-value contract and is awarded with no guarantee of activity. The value will vary dependent upon the activity delivered. Therefore, this notice outlines a total contract value of £0.01. The services are contracted using NHS national tariffs and therefore provide good value for money. The contract will commence on 1 April 2025 for a period of 3-years. This is an existing service and the provider is an existing provider of Provision of Elective Outpatient, Inpatient and Daycase Services to the ICB.
About the supplier
Ramsay Health Care UK Operations Limited (Winfield Hospital): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01532937).