Contract award · 13 Nov 2025

Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Services - East Berkshire

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board awarded “Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Services…” to Binfield Surgery for £233k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careSouth East

Value £233k
WinnerBinfield Surgery SME

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
Supplier
Binfield Surgery SME
Value
£232,928
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date13 Nov 2025
  2. Published19 Nov 2025Published 6 days after the contract date

Description

NHS Frimley ICB ("the Commissioner") sought to commission provision of Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Services in East Berkshire. This service sees and treats ENT conditions that can be safely managed in the community, where surgical procedures are not required. This was implemented in 2018 in East Berkshire to offer a locally available service and help reduce inappropriate referrals to secondary care. The total expected value of the contract for the initial 1-year contract term is £116,464. The optional 1-year extension expected value of the contract is £116,464. Therefore, the full expected lifetime contract value (1+1) is £232,928. The contract period will commence on 01 April 2026. NHS Frimley ICB and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West ICB are currently working together in a formal "clustering" arrangement to prepare for their merger into a single, new organisation: the NHS Thames Valley ICB, effective 1 April 2026. This procurement has been carried out by NHS Sou…

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