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 Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Watling Street Practice
- 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
- 052843-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Aug 2025
- Published1 Sep 2025Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
The Milton Keynes Integrated Community Dermatology Service provides a seamless pathway enabling patients to access nurse-led and GP with Extended Role led support for dermatology problems appropriate for management in a community setting and that go beyond the remit of primary care. It also provides an onward referral pathway to specialist dermatology care available from secondary care services. <br/><br/>Bedfordshire Luton and Milton Keynes ICB intends to award a contract to an existing provider following the direct award process C. The contract will be for two years from 1 April 2026 – 31 March 2028. <br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract during the contract period is £474,252.
About the supplier
Watling Street Practice: every public contract they have won.