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 Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Outpatient Network SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · ENT or audiologist services (CPV 85121240)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 063876-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Sep 2025
- Published9 Oct 2025Published 9 days after the contract date
Description
The service required is for a hospital based, adult hearing assessment service, including hearing aid fitting (where required), follow-up and aftercare services for adults aged 18 or over for the registered population of the Commissioning Organisation.<br/><br/>This contract has been awarded under PSR Direct Award Process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £114,943.32 . It is a 68 day contract. Service scheduled to commence on 24th October 2025 and conclude on 31st December 2025.
About the supplier
Outpatient Network: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13779605).