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
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Poundbury Cancer Centre Ltd SME
- Value
- £156,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pathology services (CPV 85111800)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 061881-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2026
- Published1 Jul 2026Published the same day
Description
Provision of full diagnostic histopathology services including but not limited to Her2 Testing, Placenta (wet to report) PD-L1 and Ki67. <br/><br/>The Authority is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of this contract is expected to be £156,000.00<br/><br/>The contract dates are 01.08.26 - 31.07.27
About the supplier
Poundbury Cancer Centre Ltd: every public contract they have won.