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 Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £23,632,844
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital and related services (CPV 85110000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 064725-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Apr 2024
- Published13 Oct 2025Published 550 days after the contract date
Description
This contract is for the provision of Elective Care Services, including pre-operative and post-operative care provided across Northamptonshire. This contract has been awarded under direct award process B. The contract is awarded with no guarantee of activity. The value will vary dependent on the activity delivered and based on the NHS Payment Scheme with some local prices. The contract covers the period from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025. This is an existing service being provided by an existing provider.
About the supplier
Ramsay Health Care UK Operations Limited (trading as Woodland Hospital): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01532937).