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
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Woodlands Anaesthesia LLP SME
- Value
- £722,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Surgical specialist services (CPV 85121300)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 031675-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Apr 2026
- Published7 Apr 2026Published the same day
Description
This contract is for the provision of Anaesthetic Services for patients of The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. The Authority intends to award this contract to the existing provider following the Direct Award C process under the Provider Selection Regime 2023. The initial terms of the contract shall run from 21st April 2026 until 8th January 2027. There will be an option to extend the contract up until 8th January 2028 months. The approximate lifetime value of the contract if extended will be £722,000
About the supplier
Woodlands Anaesthesia LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC428573).