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
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Spire Healthcare Limited SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Surgical hospital services (CPV 85111100)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 071014-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Jul 2026
- Published28 Jul 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
Delivery of General Surgery Procedures to reduce the waiting list.<br/><br/>This notice is an intention to award a contract under the urgent process. The contract will run from 20/07/26 to 31/03/27, with a value of £746,971.
About the supplier
Spire Healthcare Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01522532).