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 Dorset Integrated Care Board · NHS body
- Value
- £227,224,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital and related services (CPV 85110000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 013887-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Mar 2025
- Published9 Apr 2025Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
The services to be provided under this contract include cancer services, maternity services, UEC, elective care services, and community services. The award has been made following direct award process A. The lifetime value of the contract is approximately £227,224,000, and the contract runs from 01/04/2025 until 31/03/2026.
About the supplier
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00952310).