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 South West London Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Nuffield Health
- Value
- £3,258,571
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 023465-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published20 May 2025Published 49 days after the contract date
Description
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract through the Direct Award Process B (The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 8) for the following planned care services: Orthopaedic Non-Trauma Procedures, Digestive System Endoscopic Procedures, Urinary Tract and Male Reproductive System and Pain Management. The provider is a non-NHS organisation, providing patient choice health care services. The service is an existing service and will be provided by an existing provider. The lifetime value of the contract is £3,258,571. The contract term will be for two years with the option to extend for a further one year at the sole discretion of the relevant authority. The contract will start on 1 April 2025 and end on 31 March 2027, if the optional extension is utilised the contract end date will be 31 March 2028.
About the supplier
Nuffield Health: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00576970).