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 South East London Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Circle Clinical Services Limited
- Value
- £6,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 036814-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published22 Apr 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
NHS South East London ICB intends to urgent award a contract for Community Musculoskeletal (MSK) Services in Greenwich. The service will deliver accessible, community‑based management of a wide range of MSK conditions, improving patient experience and outcomes while reducing pressure on secondary care. Due to a current delay in the procurement timetable, it is proposed to continue service delivery through the award of a 12-month urgent award contract from 01/04/2026 to 31/03/2027.
About the supplier
Circle Clinical Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07714059).