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 Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- North Bristol NHS Trust
- Value
- £576,486,566
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical hospital services (CPV 85111200)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 056616-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published16 Jun 2026Published 76 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset ICB are using this notice as an award notice. NHS Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset ICB intent to award this contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process A. Acute Hospital Services including inpatient, surgical and Accident and Emergency The contract has been awarded for the period 01 April 2025 to 31 March 2027 with no provision for extension included. The lifetime value of the contract is estimated at £1,000,000,000 inc VAT (please note year two financial value is subject to negotiation and therefore only an estimate of the total can be given at this time) NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) is publishing the notice on behalf of the Commissioners. NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Gloucestershire ICB are currently working together in a formal "clustering" arrangement to prepare for their merger into a single, new organi…
About the supplier
North Bristol NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.