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 Birmingham and Solihull ICB · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £20,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 054417-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Dec 2024
- Published5 Sep 2025Published 269 days after the contract date
Description
The service provided under this notice will be for elective services for Cataract Surgery, YAG Laser Capsulotomy, Oculoplastic Surgery and a Glaucoma Service. This contract award has been made following Direct Award Process B under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) nor The Procurement Act 2023 apply. The contract is awarded with no guarantee of activity. The value will vary dependent on the activity delivered. The amount payable for the Ophthalmology Service for a year is estimated to be £20,000. This is a new provider delivering a new service, however, it is a service which is already being provided by other providers in Birmingham and Solihull to BSol ICB. The contract is from 1st August 2024 to 31st July 2025 with service commencement on 23rd September 2024.
About the supplier
Practice Plus Group Hospitals Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03462881).