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
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Northampton General Hospital
- Value
- £3,102,446
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pathology services (CPV 85111800)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 012797-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Feb 2025
- Published3 Apr 2025Published 52 days after the contract date
Description
The Award has been made following Direct Award A. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. There is an existing service. There is no realistic alternative to the existing provider due to the nature of the health care services. Start Date: 1st April 2024. End Date: 31st March 2026. Lifetime Value: £3,102,446
About the supplier
Northampton General Hospital: every public contract they have won.