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
- Supplier
- Portland Clinical Limited
- Value
- £520,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital services (CPV 85111000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 054548-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Jul 2025
- Published8 Sep 2025Published 59 days after the contract date
Description
This Contract Award notice is placed under the Healthcare Services Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Regulations 2023 Regulation 14 for Urgent Awards. This confirmation of award is to address the Trust's urgent surgical capacity shortfall in the immediate short-term for Surgical Orthopaedic Services. The Award has been made to prevent any future harm to patients due to the significant backlog/waiting list. The service provider shall supply a full insourcing service covering 200 procedures from the longest waiting cohort and 500 new outpatient assessments. Subspecialties include: 1) Arthroplasty 2) Foot and Ankle 3) Lower Limb (Knee and Sport Injury) 4) Pediatric Orthopaedics 5) Spinal Disorders 6) Upper Limb The urgent award remains within the 36-40% of the tariff price range for elective and 70% for outpatients as per the Trusts budget setting requirements. This is a short-term award anticipated to initially last 3 months for the cohort of patients identified, starting on 1st August 20…
About the supplier
Portland Clinical Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09324612).