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
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 026115-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Mar 2026
- Published23 Mar 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
This is a PSR Direct Award Process C for Phlebotomy Blood Clinic Services. The service provides multiple trained blood clinic staff for provision of specimen handling, transport, storage, identification, labelling and pathways for turnaround. <br/><br/>The approximate lifetime value of this contract is £136,164. The contract is intended to be provide within 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2028. Additional information: This is a PSR Direct Award C for Phlebotomy Blood Clinic Services to Birmingham Community Hospital Trust.
About the supplier
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.