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
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Health Now Limited SME
- Value
- £140,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Cardiology services (CPV 85121231)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 068136-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jul 2026
- Published20 Jul 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Additional capacity and clinical staff (echo physiologists) to perform Echocardiology scans to support CDC activity and clear the backlog.<br/>This notice is confirmation of an award having been made based on a framework agreement and without competition.<br/><br/>The Framework used is Health Trust Europe Total Workforce Solutions III<br/><br/>The Trust has entered into a 8 month contract (20 July 2026 to 31st March 2027). The lifetime value of the contract is £140,000 (ex VAT).<br/>This is an existing service and Health Now have been used previously.
About the supplier
Health Now Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13335901).