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 Sussex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £4,527,295.50
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · ENT or audiologist services (CPV 85121240)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 041521-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Dec 2024
- Published24 Dec 2024Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
The services provided are Community Audiology including Adult Hearing Aids for people aged 55 years and above. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Award Notice (Direct Award Process C). 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. This direct award is for a initial term of 12 months, from 1/4/24 to 31/3/25 with the option to extend for an additional period of 6 months to 30/09/25. The service value is £3,018,197.00 per annum.
About the supplier
Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01721624).