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 Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Communitas Clinics Ltd. SME
- Value
- £7,983,811
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 039811-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Dec 2024
- Published10 Dec 2024Published the same day
Description
Communitas Clinics Limited provide this service which delivers an Enhanced Community Ear Nose Throat (ENT) Service for patients with non-emergency ENT conditions across all four localities in South and West Herts place. This specialist community model is provided and led from a multi-disciplinary hub, enabling specialist assessment of patients in the community and quicker access to multi-disciplinary team assessment, diagnostics, and treatments with choice of an elective care provider if an onward referral is needed. It focuses on clearly defined clinical pathways, GP support, advice and guidance and education.<br/><br/>The contract with Communitas Clinics Limited has been in place since Feb 2019 and the cumulative value of the contract till data is £9,021,251.<br/><br/>The new contract will be from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028 for three years, with the option to extend for a further two years from 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2030<br/><br/>To confirm as per the PSR direct award process …
About the supplier
Communitas Clinics Ltd.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06329434).