Contract award · 10 Feb 2026

ESNEFT2762 Purchase of Power Tools for Podiatric Surgery

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust awarded “Purchase of Power Tools for Podiatric Surgery” to De Soutter Medical Limited for £107k.

No competitionMedical equipment & pharmaceuticalsEast of England

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local agency/office
Value
£106,554
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical equipments (CPV 33100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date10 Feb 2026
  2. 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)

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