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
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Optimised Care Ltd SME, Tomorrow Cardiovascular Ltd SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital services (CPV 85111000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 068971-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Oct 2025
- Published28 Oct 2025Published the same day
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The aim of this Framework is to provide Relevant Authorities with fully compliant solutions which supplement the delivery of patient care by Relevant Authorities in line with the NHS' core Key Performance Indicators and standards. The Framework has two Lots. Lot 1 Insourced Clinical Services Lot 2 Outsourced Clinical Services Insourced Services are clinical services which are delivered on the premises of the contracting Relevant Authority and may use that organisation's equipment. Outsourced Services are clinical services which are delivered on premises owned or operated by the Provider. Insourced and Outsourced Services will include the full range of Surgical and Medical specialties and sub-specialties. The specialties and sub-specialties are those listed by the various Surgical and Medical Royal Colleges. This is a Framework under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and The Health …
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services Framework (Framework Reopening) | Optimised Care Ltd SME | — |
| Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services Framework (Framework Reopening) | Tomorrow Cardiovascular Ltd SME | — |
About the suppliers
Optimised Care Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11321367).
Tomorrow Cardiovascular Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03773485).