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
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £22,213
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pathology services (CPV 85111800)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 053219-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published2 Sep 2025Published 154 days after the contract date
Description
An award has been made following Direct Award Process B for the specialist referred tests for pathology. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
About the supplier
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01018539).