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 Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Referral Management Services Limited SME
- Value
- £579,450
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Dental practice and related services (CPV 85130000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 026539-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Mar 2026
- Published23 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
The online Referral Management System manages all dental referrals for specialist services including Orthodontics, Oral Surgery, Sedation, Secondary and Community Dental Services.<br/><br/>All referrals except for oral surgery are delivered via a clinically approved algorithm. Oral Surgery referrals are triaged by Consultant level clinicians.<br/><br/>There is no material change to the new contract being offered and therefore a direct award process C has been completed under the PSR and a robust due diligence process has been completed to ensure providers meet all the Basic and Key Criterion.
About the supplier
Referral Management Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11362661).