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
- £485,339,022
- 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
- 068668-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Apr 2026
- Published21 Jul 2026Published 110 days after the contract date
Description
Accident and Emergency Services (Type 1 and Type 2 only) (A+E) Acute Services (A) Cancer Services and/or Radiotherapy Services (CR) Community Services (CS) Diagnostic, Screening and/or Pathology Services (D) End of Life Care Services (ELC) Urgent Treatment Centre Services (including Walk-in Centre Services/Minor Injuries Units) (U) The award has been made following Direct Award Process A at a value of £485,339,022 including associates (NHS Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland ICB and NHS Central East ICB). Contract period 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027.
About the supplier
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.