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
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Living Care SME
- Value
- £100,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical imaging services (CPV 85150000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 015760-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Feb 2026
- Published20 Feb 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
The sub-contractor will offer a full Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and non-obstetric ultrasound service (NOUS) service to NHS patients referred by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the head provider) including booking of patient appointments and scanning and transfer of images to STH <br/><br/>This contract has been awarded under NHS Provider Selection Regime Direct Award C. The current incumbent supplier is Living Care Group, they are currently meeting all contractual and legislative requirements as detailed in the NHS Standard Subcontract.<br/><br/>The service will be provided under this contract for 12 month from the 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
About the supplier
Living Care: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09629867).