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
- Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- ICS Operations T/A Xyla Elective Care SME
- Value
- £1,437,600
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital and related services (CPV 85110000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 017192-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Feb 2026
- Published26 Feb 2026Published the same day
Description
Speech and Language Assessments<br/>• 1218 clinics which is 6090 appointments per year.<br/>• This Service delivery will be based on an average of 5 interventions/assessments per child.<br/>• The Supplier will provide 5 appointments/per clinic to allow for administration time to complete programmes/reports.<br/><br/>This notice is confimation of an award having been made based on a framework agreement and without compeition. <br/><br/>This framework agreement was procured in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015. This framework agreement remains a compliant route to market under the new Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>2-year contract<br/>01/03/2026 - 29/02/2028<br/><br/>This is for an existing service to the existing provider. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) R…
About the supplier
ICS Operations T/A Xyla Elective Care: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04793945).