Contract award · 26 Mar 2026

Community Ultrasound Non-Obstetric Services

NHS Essex Integrated Care Board awarded “Community Ultrasound Non-Obstetric Services” to Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd for £1.

No competitionHealth & social careEast of England

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
NHS Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
Value
£1
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date26 Mar 2026
  2. Published4 Jun 2026Published 70 days after the contract date

Description

NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (herein "the Authority")'s intention to award a contract to Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd to deliver Community Ultrasound Non-Obstetric 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 £258,798 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…

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