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
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- South Downs Health and Care SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 052799-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 May 2026
- Published4 Jun 2026Published 25 days after the contract date
Description
SDHC have been providing this service on a pilot scheme. The pilot has been successful. SDHC can provide the service off site but within a close proximity of the DGH. They have the capacity to provide the appropriate service requirements.
About the supplier
South Downs Health and Care: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10075871).