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
- County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Silverdale Family Practice
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 024945-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Mar 2026
- Published19 Mar 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is intending to award a contract for Medical Inpatient Cover at Sedgefield Community Hospital, Chester- Le-Street Community Hospital and Shotley Bridge Community Hospital. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process and is at a value of approximately £180,000.00 per year (excluding VAT). This is an existing service with a new provider to the sites. The services are intended to be provided between the 1st of April 2026 to the 31st of March 2027.
About the supplier
Silverdale Family Practice: every public contract they have won.