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 Thames Valley Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- ICS Operations T/A Xyla Elective Care SME
- Value
- £1,961,320
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 060900-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Jun 2026
- Published29 Jun 2026Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Thames Valley ICB ("the Lead Commissioner") is commissioning Teledermatology Services for East Berkshire, North East Hampshire and Surrey Heath, and Farnham. NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB and NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB are Associate Commissioners. Virtual dermatology triage and medical photography clinics for conditions referred for virtual triage. Thames Valley ICB has followed PSR Direct Award C for the contract to which this notice relates. The total expected value of the contract for the initial 12-month contract term is £980,660 The optional 12-month extension expected value of the contract is £980,660. Therefore, the full expected lifetime contract value is £1,961,320 The contract period will commence on 30 August 2026. This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. Additional information: Evidence that ICS Operations trading as Xyla Elective Care have satisfied the existing contract …
About the supplier
ICS Operations T/A Xyla Elective Care: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04793945).