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
- Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £47,956
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Services provided by medical laboratories (CPV 85145000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 064690-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 May 2026
- Published9 Jul 2026Published 42 days after the contract date
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice, This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (PSR) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provision of the Public Contracts Regulations 2016 do not apply to this award. No declared conflicts of interest. Provision of an outpatient phlebotomy service supporting Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, including adult blood collection for referred patients at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust sites, with access to inpatient, outpatient, and community-based services. There is an existing service. There is no realistic alternative to the existing provider due to the nature of the health care services. Services are provided by UHL at a range of NHS community and Acute sites across the county: with results shared via the Subcontractors Radiology Information Systems. The integrated nature of our services, systems and processes means this could not reasonably be provided by anot…
About the supplier
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester Royal Infirmary Leicester LE1 6WW: every public contract they have won.