Contract award · 27 Jan 2025

Gastroenterology

NHS Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board awarded “Gastroenterology” to Community Health & Eyecare Limited (CHEC) for £0.

No competitionHealth & social careSouth East

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.

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Key facts

Value
£0.10
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Gastroenterologist services (CPV 85121251)
Timeline
  1. Contract date27 Jan 2025
  2. Published20 Mar 2025Published 52 days after the contract date

Description

The provider will offer a full patient pathway for elective gastroenterology from receiving and triaging referrals, through the first outpatient appointment to completion of treatment, providing gastroenterology services for patients registered to a HIOW GP or those service users for which the ICB is otherwise responsible. In-scope services: Access to tests and expert opinion for patients with the following: Dyspepsia (with alarm symptoms, non-responsive to therapy or unexplained, H pylori not responding to second line therapy, or gastro-oesophageal reflux disease considering surgery) Oesophageal Dysphagia. Abdominal discomfort and altered bowel habit not fulfilling criteria for irritable bowel syndrome. Rectal bleeding. Iron deficiency anaemia (as per NICE guidelines for referral). Acute management of: GI bleeding. Inflammatory bowel disease. Gallstone and pancreatitis. Nutritional problems. Chronic management of: Chronic GI morbidity after cancer treatment. Coeliac disease. Barretts…

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