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
- Supplier
- Complete Fertility SME
- Value
- £1,228,079.25
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · In vitro fertilisation services (CPV 85111310)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 016655-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Mar 2025
- Published24 Apr 2025Published 37 days after the contract date
Description
The services to be provided under this contract are assisted conception services. We are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Direct Award Process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £1,228,079.25. The services are to be provided from 01 April 2025 until 31 March 2028, with an additional extension option from 01 April 2028 until 31 March 2030.
About the supplier
Complete Fertility: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07265070).