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
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Coloplast Limited
- Value
- £959,430
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital services (CPV 85111000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 024077-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Feb 2026
- Published17 Mar 2026Published 35 days after the contract date
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 21/02/2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR Direct Award Option C
About the supplier
Coloplast Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01094405).