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
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- South Downs Health and Care SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · General-practitioner services (CPV 85121100)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 074755-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Nov 2025
- Published18 Nov 2025Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT) is seeking to procure a provider to deliver a high-quality, accessible, and clinically safe offsite Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) to work alongside the on-site UTC, located close to Eastbourne District General Hospital (EDGH), to support ED deflection, reduce avoidable ED attendances/overcrowding, and improve patient experience and flow. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this framework agreement is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 1st December 2025. This framework agreement has not yet been formally concluded; this notice serves as an intention to e…
About the supplier
South Downs Health and Care: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10075871).