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
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £674,438
- 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
- 050605-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published21 Aug 2025Published 142 days after the contract date
Description
The Bowel Cancer Screening Programme is commissioned by NHSE Public Health which offers screening to try and find signs of bowel cancer at an early stage when there are no symptoms. This is when treatment can can be more effective.<br/><br/>Programmes are commissioned within geographical areas, often with more than one NHS Trust being part of the Programme. The Humber, North Yorkshire and York aligned Programme consists of Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT), Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) and York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (YSTHFT), with HDFT being the Lead Provider. This requires sub-contracts to the remaining Trusts.<br/><br/>The Programme can only be delivered by the nominated Trusts for patients registered to a GP in their area. YSTHFT will provide the services under NHS Public Health Functions 2025-26 – Service Specification No.26 Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.<br/><br/>This direct award is being made in relation to Direct…
About the supplier
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC421341).