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
- Medtronic Limited
- Value
- £586,410.82
- 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
- 027872-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Feb 2026
- Published26 Mar 2026Published 31 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of Spinal Navigation & Mobile Image Intensifier Equipment via the NHS Supply Chain Frameworks National Framework Agreement for Surgical Navigation Systems. Contract Reference Number: 2021/S 000-007768 and National Framework<br/>Agreement for Mobile Image Intensifiers 2022. Contract Reference Number: 2021/S 000-007768
About the supplier
Medtronic Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01070807).