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 England - Specialised Commissioning · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Value
- £9,853,145 across 3 lots
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 030459-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Mar 2023
- Published16 Oct 2023Published 220 days after the contract date
Description
This exercise is to commission a service that is able to expertly manage the provision of the Multiple Sclerosis Management Service for Children, including patients with suspected Multiple Sclerosis (MS) or equally rare ‘MS-like’, recurrent acquired demyelinating syndromes (ADS) or who have had a first demyelination episode and have a high risk of relapse which would require a similar treatment approach, including: Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMO, NMOSD) and other AQP4 antibody associated demyelination; Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein (MOG) antibody associated relapsing demyelination and other forms of recurrent relapsing demyelination. The MS Hub Lead Centres will be geographically spaced across the Regional areas of NHS England as follows: i) Lot 1 - North comprising the NHS England Regions: the North East and Yorkshire; the North West, ii) Lot 2 - the Midlands comprising the NHS England Regions: the Midlands; the East of England iii) Lot 3 - London and the South: co…
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Provision of Multiple Sclerosis Management Service for Children: Lot 1 - North comprising the NHS England Regions: the North East and Yorkshire; the North West, | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | £2.8m |
| Provision of Multiple Sclerosis Management Service for Children: Lot 2 - the Midlands comprising the NHS England Regions: the Midlands; the East of England | Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | £1.48m |
| Provision of Multiple Sclerosis Management Service for Children: Lot 3 - London and the South: comprising the South East; the South West; London | Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | £5.57m |
About the suppliers
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC388522).
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10841099).
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01018539).
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.