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
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board · NHS body
- Supplier
- NUFFIELD HEALTH Taunton
- Value
- £20,661,100
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 026483-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2024
- Published20 Aug 2024Published 141 days after the contract date
Description
The contract has been awarded using Provider Selection Regime (PSR) direct award process B. The services to be provided include trauma & orthopaedics, general surgery, urology, screening and/or pathology services, and diagnostic imaging. The current annual value of the contract is £4,132,220. The contract term is from 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2027, with an option to extend for two years until 31/03/2029. The contract is for an existing service, with an existing provider.
About the supplier
NUFFIELD HEALTH Taunton: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00576970).