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
- Portmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £5,585,843
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Scanning services (CPV 79999100)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 065137-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Sep 2025
- Published14 Oct 2025Published 43 days after the contract date
Description
Scanning services including collection of medical records, scanning and disposal for a core term of 3 years plus two 12-month optional extension periods.
About the supplier
Hugh Symons Information Management Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01187478).