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
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £1,133,904,905
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital services (CPV 85111000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 059239-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Jun 2026
- Published24 Jun 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Following the creation of Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group, this sub-contract has been put in place to flow down QEH's clinical activity from the NNUH's head contract with the ICB. As such, this sub-contract has been awarded via Direct Award Process A. <br/><br/>The current lifetime value of the contract is £1,133,904,905 to be provided between 2026-2031 for all hospital services.
About the supplier
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.