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
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £124,800
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 025079-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Mar 2026
- Published19 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
Continuation of a pilot initiated 12 months ago (Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-013128) - additional time required to establish whether outsourcing of some of the Podiatry tasks is a sustainable operational model on an on-going basis and supports the reduction of waiting lists and evaluate the outcomes and outputs of the initial 12 months. Outsourcing is on a cost per case basis.
About the supplier
Zest Allied Health Professionals Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11602617).