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 Sussex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £1,135,200,039
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 054041-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Jul 2025
- Published4 Sep 2025Published 48 days after the contract date
Description
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust provides acute services in a hospital setting. NHS Sussex ICB has awarded the contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process A. The approximate lifetime value of the contract will be £1,135,200,039 over the one-year term, from 1st April 2025 until 31st March 2026.
About the supplier
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.