Contract award · 19 Sep 2024

Primary health care service provision for Whitlingham ward, Hellesdon hospital

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust awarded “Primary health care service provision for…” to Prospect Medical Practice (PMP) for £14,520.

No competitionHealth & social careEast 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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Buyer
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
Value
£14,520
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date19 Sep 2024
  2. Published1 Oct 2024Published 12 days after the contract date

Description

Whitlingham ward is a 16 bed Women's Blended Secure Service (low and medium security) located at Hellesdon Hospital, Norwich. The key aim and objective is to provide access to the same primary health care provision for the women in Whitlingham ward as is offered to the general population. This will include access to the national physical health screening programmes (cervical, breast and bowel cancer screening) and chronic disease management. This contract award has been made under the provisions of the Provider Selection Regime - Direct Award A process. Additional information: Prospect Medical Practice is the only capable provider for this contract. They were the only local practice willing to fully register the patients and were open to flexible working with the in-patient team to ensure equity of access to all of the advantages of a primary care for the in-patients on Whitlingham ward. The in-patients have been registered with Prospect Medical Practice since May 2021. They have been…

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