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
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £30,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical imaging services (CPV 85150000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 039644-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jul 2025
- Published14 Jul 2025Published the same day
Description
Urgent award for Breast Screening Film Reading Insourcing Services. Additional information: In the view of the authority this award is urgent. 15/07/2025 until 31/10/2025 Decision makers - General Manager, Transformation Director No conflicts of interest. The authority believes that without implementing this service immediately that there is a risk to patient safety.
About the supplier
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.