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
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- DMC Healthcare Ltd SME
- Value
- £154,200
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical imaging services (CPV 85150000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 056712-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published15 Sep 2025Published 167 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of specialist dental radiographers to provide dental CBCT reports and cardiac MRI reports - no guaranteed activity. Additional information: (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 25 September 2025 and sent to suzanne.calland@nhs.net This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. Decision-makers: Group Deputy Director of Operational Finance, Radiology Service Manager, Bank Associate Director of Contracts and Partnerships and Senior Finance Business Partner.
About the supplier
DMC Healthcare Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06745192).