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
- Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust SME
- Value
- £14,613
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 014011-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Feb 2026
- Published16 Feb 2026Published the same day
Description
This contract is to provide Podiatry in Ridgeway SIS. This notice is confirmation of an award having been made to prevent risk to patient care this is an urgent award under PSR.<br/>The contract is 12 month from 2nd march 2026 with an annual value of £14, 618. Additional information: This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under 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.'<br/><br/>This contract has been awarded to safeguard patient care as the trust are no longer able to access mainstream podiatry provision for secure inpatients.<br/>Decision makers include:<br/>Phil Strange - SIS Service Manager ( 03/02/26), Richard Hand SIS General Manager(10/02/26), Steve Tait - Principle Finance Business Partner ( 02/02/2026) and Liz Romaniak - Director of Fi…
About the supplier
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00925371).