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
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) SME
- Value
- £2,666,520
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Services provided by medical laboratories (CPV 85145000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 022739-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 May 2025
- Published19 May 2025Published the same day
Description
Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals is looking to award a contract for Renal Tissue Typing services under the Most Suitable Provider Process. The contract will be for 3 + 1 + 1 years, the decision to award was made following a request from the market for additional information and pricing.
About the supplier
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00972779).