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
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £124,800
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 013128-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
-
- Contract date4 Apr 2025
- Published4 Apr 2025Published the same day
Description
Time-limited (up to 12 months) Pilot to establish whether outsourcing some of the Podiatry tasks would be a sustainable operational model on an on-going basis and support reduction of waiting lists. Should the Pilot be successful, a competitive tender would be published. Outsourcing on a cost per case basis. Oxford Health assessed the provider's service provision with respect to the key decision making criteria as outlined in the PSR - Most Suitable Provider process as it intending to award the contract. Each of these criteria were assessed on a pass/fail basis by award decision makers, and the provider passed each of the criteria.
About the supplier
Zest Allied Health Professionals Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11602617).