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
- NUFFIELD HEALTH Taunton
- Value
- £180,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Surgical hospital services (CPV 85111100)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 045890-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 May 2026
- Published19 May 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
This is a call off contract for for routine Upper GI and Bariatric surgery.<br/><br/>This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be £180,000.00<br/><br/>The contract commenced on 1 May 2026 until 31 July 2026 (with the option to extend for an additional 3 months).
About the supplier
NUFFIELD HEALTH Taunton: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00576970).