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 England (London Region) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Value
- £100,190,896
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 016240-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Feb 2026
- Published23 Feb 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
The notice relates to health care services to be delivered into HMP Wandsworth prison This notice is an intention to award a contract to the existing provider following direct award process C. The lifetime Value of the contract is £100,190,896.00 (£14,312,958.00 per annum). The contract term will be 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years at the sole discretion of the Authority. The contract will start on 01/09/2026 and end 31/08/2031, if the optional extension is utilised the contract end date will be 31/08/33.
About the supplier
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.