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
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local agency/office
- Supplier
- De Soutter Medical Limited SME
- Value
- £106,554
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical equipments (CPV 33100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 027405-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Feb 2026
- Published25 Mar 2026Published 43 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of podiatric power tools via NHS Supply Chain National Framework Agreement for Orthopaedics (TOS3)
About the supplier
De Soutter Medical Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03164365).