Contract award · 1 Apr 2025

Provision if Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Consultants

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust awarded “Provision if Electroconvuls…” to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for £275k.

No competitionHealth & social careEast of England

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
Value
£275,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date1 Apr 2025
  2. Published9 Oct 2025Published 191 days after the contract date

Description

This contract is for the provision of Electroconvulsive Therapy Consultant services to cover Anaesthetic and ODP for ECT procedures at Julian Hospital for 2 Mornings a week, 52 weeks a year. NNUH are the existing NHS provider of the health care service to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate and are the existing provider to NSFT. NSFT are secondary care providers in the NHS integrated care system and work alongside other care providers in the system. This contract award is for a maximum three year period and is subject to annual review.

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