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
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Somerset Surgical Services Ltd SME
- Value
- £180,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Surgical hospital services (CPV 85111100)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 022584-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 May 2025
- Published19 May 2025Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
The Service will provide endoscopy training sessions (Consultant Led) within any of the Trusts endoscopy suites including at MPH or Bridgwater Community Hospital to support the training of junior staff in endoscopy procedures. The Service will provide a consultant resource to facilitate these lists.<br/><br/>The Authority is intending to award the contract to an existing provider following the direct award process C.<br/>The lifetime value of this contract is expected to be £180,000.00.<br/>The contract dates are 1/6/25 to 31/5/26.
About the supplier
Somerset Surgical Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07692583).