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
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Elysium Healthcare Limited
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital services (CPV 85111000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 040567-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Apr 2026
- Published1 May 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The Authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The contract is for specialist care and treatment for patients with complex and long term conditions which the Trust cannot provide. This includes mental health, learning disabilities and neurological conditions. This is a call-off contract. Contract start date: 14 May 2026 Contract end date: 13 May 2028 Option to extend by 12 months to 13 May 2029 Total estimated contract value: £2,000,000 Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authori…
About the supplier
Elysium Healthcare Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04063391).