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
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Norfolk Primary Care SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical hospital services (CPV 85111200)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 018204-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Feb 2026
- Published2 Mar 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
To reduce the waiting list for ENT through validation to assess if the patient still requires treatment.<br/><br/>This notice is an intention to award a contract under the urgent process. The contract will run from 1/2/26 to 31/3/26, with a value of £65,000.
About the supplier
Norfolk Primary Care: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10714447).