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
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Healthcare Business Solutions UK Limited SME
- Value
- £305,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital and related services (CPV 85110000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 012135-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Oct 2025
- Published10 Feb 2026Published 118 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award under a compliant PSR Framework - Health Trust Europe - Total workforce Solutions III (Lot 7 - clinical insourcing Solutions Framework)
About the supplier
Healthcare Business Solutions UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07959430).