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 Norfolk & Waveney Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Bourn Hall Ltd
- Value
- £1,487,600
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · In vitro fertilisation services (CPV 85111310)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 023774-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Feb 2026
- Published16 Mar 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
- Level 3 Specialist Fertility Services This service provides Specialist Fertility treatment for patients of Norfolk and Waveney ICB area. Continuation of services to 31st March 2027 with option to extend to 31st March 2028. NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board intend to award the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a key criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The approximate lifetime value of the contract including the extension option period will be £1,487,600.
About the supplier
Bourn Hall Ltd: every public contract they have won.