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
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Portland Clinical Limited
- Value
- £891,490
- 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
- 024227-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Dec 2025
- Published17 Mar 2026Published 106 days after the contract date
Description
This is an insourced service and the sub-contractor is providing a Consultant-led Dermatology Service / staffing resource who can perform minor op procedures. This contract is being awarded to an existing provider under direct award process C. The contract is awarded for 1 year starting on 11/07/2026 and ending on 10/07/2027.
About the supplier
Portland Clinical Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09324612).