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
- NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Value
- £74,338,331
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 022977-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Aug 2025
- Published13 Mar 2026Published 212 days after the contract date
Description
The lead commissioner for this service is Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes ICB (BLMK ICB) and the associate commissioners are the two local authorities: Bedford Borough Council (BBC) and Central Bedfordshire Borough Council (CBC). Community Health Services are provided in Bedford, Bedfordshire and Central Bedfordshire Authority areas and covers the following:<br/>Children Services <br/>- Paeds Podiatry MSK, podiatry to be triaged, podiatry nail surgery. <br/>- Paediatric TB (Tuberculosis) Nursing <br/>- Paediatric Wheelchairs <br/><br/>Adult Services<br/>- BCHS – Acquired Brain Injury <br/>- Nutrition and Dietetic Service <br/>- Speech and Language Therapy <br/>- Chronic Fatigue/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis <br/>- Post Covid Chronic Fatigue <br/>- Continence Services <br/>- Community Discharge planning <br/>- Stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) <br/>- Community Heart Failure Nursing Services <br/>- Macmillan Cancer and Palliative Care Psychology Service <br/>- Parkinson’s Disease Sp…
About the supplier
East London NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.