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
- North East London Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Nuffield Healthcare
- Value
- £38,310,711
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital services (CPV 85111000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 038695-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Nov 2025
- Published28 Apr 2026Published 173 days after the contract date
Description
The provider is a Independent Sector Acute Services providing various acute healthcare services. The service is an existing service and will be provided by an existing provider. This contract award has been made following Direct Award Process B (The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 8) The lifetime Value of the contract is £25,540,474 (£12,770,237 per annum). The contract term will be 2 years with the option to extend for a further 1 years at the sole discretion of the Authority. The initial two year contract term is £25,540,474; the lifetime value of the contract is £38,310,711 (including provision to extend). The contract will start on 01/04/2025 and end 31/03/2027, if the optional extension is utilised the contract end date will be 31/03/28. The award is made under direct award process B to an existing service and it is with an existing service provider.
About the supplier
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