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 Heartlands Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Dorking Healthcare Ltd SME
- Value
- £290,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical imaging services (CPV 85150000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 056465-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2024
- Published15 Sep 2025Published 533 days after the contract date
Description
This contract is for an East Surrey locality, direct access non-obstetric ultrasound service with staff qualified to appropriate levels of skill and experience, using ultrasound equipment which complies with the service specification. The aim of the service is to aid early diagnosis and avoid the need for unnecessary referral to secondary care, or to support the shift of activity into a primary care setting, where this will improve access. NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB has awarded Dorking Healthcare Ltd, an existing provider, a contract following direct award process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract will be £290,000 over the two year term, from 1st April 2024 until 31st March 2026.
About the supplier
Dorking Healthcare Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06927650).