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 Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £27,374,426
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital and related services (CPV 85110000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 070786-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jul 2026
- Published27 Jul 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
The provider is an Independent Sector Provider, providing Elective acute health care services This contract award has been made following Direct Award Process B (The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 7) The lifetime Value of the contract is £27,374,426 (per annum £13,687,213. The contract will start on 01/04/2026 and end 31/03/2027 with an optional 1 year Extension. This is an existing previous contract with an existing Provider
About the supplier
Ramsay Health Care UK Operations Ltd trading as Ashtead Hospital (NVC01) & North Downs Hospital (NVC11): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01532937).