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 Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Abbey Meads Medical Practice
- Value
- £175,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · General-practitioner services (CPV 85121100)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 047639-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Dec 2025
- Published22 May 2026Published 154 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board ("the ICB") is directly awarding a contract following direct award process A to a new provider, Abbey Meads Medical Practice, for the provision of a Special Allocation Service (SAS). Primary Medical Services to be provided to those patients who are restricted from mainstream Primary Care due to unacceptable behaviours. Contract awarded in accordance with Regulation 7 of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Contract start date: 1 January 2026 Duration: 14 months (Expiry Date: 31 March 2027) Total value of contract award: £175,000
About the supplier
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