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
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Central Government Contracting Authority
- Supplier
- Spire Healthcare Limited SME
- Value
- £157,715
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Surgical hospital services (CPV 85111100)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 019358-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Nov 2025
- Published4 Mar 2026Published 114 days after the contract date
Description
Services under this sub-contract include providing orthopaedic activity by Spire Norwich Hospital to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance. The indicative value of this contract is £157,715 during the contract term, which dates from 10th November 2025 to 31st March 2026.
About the supplier
Spire Healthcare Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01522532).