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
- Supplier
- GP Health Partners Limited SME
- Value
- £500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Dermatology services (CPV 85121282)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 072841-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published31 Jul 2026Published 122 days after the contract date
Description
This provider manages and runs Dermatology Step-up Clinics at prior agreement with the commissioner to provide enough capacity to service all non-two-week-wait dermatology patients. The expected pathway for a given patient would begin with an appointment with the patients GP. If the patient's GP believes the further treatment of the patient should be continued at the step-up clinic, GPs may do a referral into the Dermatology Step-up Clinic Service. The approximate lifetime value of the contract will be £500,000 over the 2 year term, from 1st April 2026 until 31st March 2028.
About the supplier
GP Health Partners Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09114250).