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
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- RTN Medical Limited SME
- Value
- £0.01
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Psychiatrist or psychologist services (CPV 85121270)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 064712-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Oct 2025
- Published13 Oct 2025Published the same day
Description
The primary aim of this service is to provide ongoing prescribing of antipsychotic medications and drug safety monitoring for patients across NHS Devon with an initial requirement for up to 120 patients. The provider will: • Ensure ongoing drug safety monitoring and prescribing including appropriate blood tests and ECGs and informed by NICE guidelines • Ensure that any concerns related to the person's mental health are appropriately escalated to the secondary mental health provider. • Issue prescription that will be dispended by the patient's local pharmacy. It is anticipated that after an initial review, 1-2 months prescription lengths would be required, with a 12 month annual review. However, the provider must use clinical judgement, informed by NICE guidance, to determine the physical health monitoring needs of the individual and safe length of prescription. The ICB envisages care being delivered as close to home as possible, however this could include the service being delivered r…
About the supplier
RTN Medical Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 14100590).