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
- Pioneer Wound Healing Centres CIC SME
- Value
- £105,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Physiotherapy services (CPV 85142100)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 073748-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 May 2026
- Published4 Aug 2026Published 84 days after the contract date
Description
The service offers both treatment and advice to patients with both primary and secondary lymphoedema offering such treatments as compression bandaging, lymphatic drainage, and self-management advice on exercise and skincare The service supports increased choice and control for service users in regard to where and when their treatment is delivered offering on-going care closer to home. Surrey and Sussex CB has awarded a contract to Pioneer Wound Healing Centres Community Interest Company (CIC) under Direct Award C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract will be £105,000 over the two-year term, from 1st April 2026 until 31st March 2028.
About the supplier
Pioneer Wound Healing Centres CIC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07715222).