Contract award · 11 Aug 2025

NHSGGC - Children's Forensic Medical Services

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde awarded “NHSGGC - Children's Forensic Medical Services” to Coms for £1.48m on 11 Aug 2025. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careScotland

Value £1.48m
WinnerComs

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde · Body governed by public law
Supplier
Coms
Value
£1,482,500
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Medical specialist services (CPV 85121200)
Region
Scotland
Timeline
  1. Contract date11 Aug 2025
  2. Published11 Aug 2025Published the same day

Description

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC) (on behalf of West of Scotland (WoS) NHS Boards) require a dynamic organisation for the provision of a Child Forensic Physician Service. Child Forensic Physician input to children and young people who have been sexually abused/raped or subject to physical abuse in the West of Scotland. When there is a suspicion of sexual or physical abuse, children are examined by a paediatrician who may request that a Child Forensic Physician is also present. In Scotland, because of the need for corroboration in the legal process, a Joint Paediatric Forensic Examination (JPFE) provides a holistic assessment of development, health and wellbeing and allows for collection of forensic evidence. Within each Health Board, it is the role of the Child Protection Service to make arrangements for medical assessments of children. The Public Protection service participates in the multi-agency child protection process which starts with information sharing at the Inter-agency R…

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