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 Central East Integrated Care Board · Regional or local agency/office
- Supplier
- Bedoc SME
- Value
- £83,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 078394-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jul 2026
- Published18 Aug 2026Published 35 days after the contract date
Description
Women’s health services provided by BEDOC include specialist menopause clinics and long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) for both contraceptive and gynaecological purposes, available to registered patients in all Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough PCNs. The ICB will undertake a review of the outcome of this service which will help decide on the model for community gynaecology provision going forwards. <br/><br/>Contract term12 months: 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2027<br/><br/>The contact has been awarded following Direct Award Process A with a maximum contract value of £83,000.
About the supplier
Bedoc: every public contract they have won.