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 Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Outside Clinic Ltd
- Value
- £116,432
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · ENT or audiologist services (CPV 85121240)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 057748-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Aug 2025
- Published18 Sep 2025Published 44 days after the contract date
Description
Adult hearing services (Audiology) providing support for adults experiencing hearing and communication difficulties who feel that they might benefit from a hearing assessment and rehabilitation, including the option of trying hearing aids with aftercare and support. The ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C, where the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract, and the contract is not changing considerably. This is a zero based contract based on activity and local prices. The contract expenditure for 2024/25 was £116,432. Based on this, this award is for the 2025/26 bringing the lifetime value of the contract to the value of c. £116,432 The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 01/10/2025 to 30/09/2026.
About the supplier
Outside Clinic Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02788492).