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 Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Practice Based Clinical Services SME
- Value
- £416,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 054642-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
-
- Contract date4 Jun 2026
- Published10 Jun 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB has made this award under PSR Direct Award Process B. The value is £208,000 per annum for a 2 year period, so £416,000 total contract value. The contract will run from 1/4/26 to 31/3/28. PBCS is an existing provider. The service provides community-based triage, medical assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment (including advice and education) of ENT conditions for patients aged over two years registered with a GP in Sussex. The community ENT services will continue to offer access for patients in a community location for the treatment of specified ENT conditions. The service will be led and provided by ENT GPwERs or other suitably qualified medical personnel, supported by an ENT Consultant. Patients meeting the thresholds for the community service are referred directly into the service via e-Referral (including e-RS).
About the supplier
Practice Based Clinical Services: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06495330).