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
- Specsavers Hearcare Group Ltd SME
- Value
- £927,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · ENT or audiologist services (CPV 85121240)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 072852-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2024
- Published31 Jul 2026Published 852 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of a community-based Adult Hearing Aid Service from a number of sites in Surrey Downs. Providing increased choice and control for service users as to where and when their treatment is delivered - providing on-going care closer to home. Provision of timely access to hearing aid assessment and a range of support services including hearing aid fitting, follow-up and on-going aftercare.
About the supplier
Specsavers Hearcare Group Ltd: every public contract they have won.