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 Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Chartwell Private Hospital
- Value
- £1
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 052946-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published4 Jun 2026Published 65 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (herein "the Authority")'s intention to award a contract to Chartwell Private Hospital to deliver Community Endoscopy Services to the patients within Mid and South Essex's geographical footprint. The contract will be for 12 months months from 01st April 2026 - 31st March 2027. The aggregate contract value is £1,277,026 noting that these are zero value contracts – paid at local prices- based on planning values for 2025-26 and will be subject to any agreed growth and inflator/deflators applicable to 2026/27. The provider is an existing provider, who is currently satisfying the requirements of the existing contract. The provider has been assessed against the criteria specified for this DAP C process: Quality & Innovation 20%. Value 20%. Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability 20%, Access Health Inequalities and Choice 20%; Social Value 20%. Key criteria were specified, and assessment against each criterion was assessed based on th…
About the supplier
Chartwell Private Hospital: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07508659).