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
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £352,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pathology services (CPV 85111800)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 064567-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2026
- Published9 Jul 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
An award has been made using Direct Award Process B for the provision of specialist referral testing.
About the supplier
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.