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
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Gutcare.org Ltd trading as medcareworld SME
- Value
- £72,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Gastroenterologist services (CPV 85121251)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 049943-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Aug 2025
- Published19 Aug 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
This is a notice of intention to award a contract under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Direct Award Process C to the current Provider - Gutcare.org Ltd., 14a Eskdale Avenue, Rochdale OL11 3JU.<br/><br/>The contract is for the provision of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) services.<br/><br/>CPV Code – 85121251-7 Gastroenterologist Services<br/><br/>The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and based on assessment of the provider against the weighted key criteria, it is considered they will satisfy the proposed contract to the required standard.<br/><br/>The contract will operate for an initial 3 month term from 01/10/2025 to 31/12/2025 with an option to extend for a further 3 months.<br/><br/>The estimated contract value is £36,000 for the initial 3 month term and up to £72,000 if the full extension option is exercised.
About the supplier
Gutcare.org Ltd trading as medcareworld: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05357694).