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 South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £863,700,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical analysis services (CPV 85148000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 050908-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published22 Aug 2025Published 143 days after the contract date
Description
Our NHS provider currently holds the mental health services (acute and community) and Physical Health Community services (predominant for Doncaster and cross boundary cover). In line with Statutory Guidance, we have considered whether any other providers could realistically deliver these services. There are no alternative provider with the necessary established infrastructure - covering staffing, estate capacity, and NHS operational experience - to deliver the combination of services under these contracts at the requires scale and geographical footprint. In addition, this contract is commissioned as a single, integrated package of services. Splitting individual services for separate commissioning would present a significant risk of destabilising the remainder of the contract and would require a level of procurement and mobilisation resource disproportionate to any potential benefits for our population.<br/><br/>The contract award has been made following the direct award process A of t…
About the supplier
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00928513).