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
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- 18 Week Support Limited
- Value
- £4,266,528.55
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Surgical hospital services (CPV 85111100)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 078403-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Aug 2026
- Published18 Aug 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of targeted on-site clinical and surgical insourcing services for Urology and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS). The supplier deploys clinical teams during weekend sessions to increase elective Referral to Treatment (RTT) capacity and deliver care within the Trust's acute hospital facilities. Contract Duration and Financial Value Notice Initial Term and Committed Value: Initial 12-week operational delivery period with an estimated value of £513,922.86 (excluding VAT). Following the initial 12-week term, the contract remains live for up to a total of 24 months. Service activity and associated payments will cease at the end of the initial period unless further distinct phases of activity are agreed in advance by both parties. The maximum potential total value across the full 2-year duration is £4,266,528.55 (excluding VAT). This figure represents the upper financial limit assuming continuous, full-capacity delivery across the entire 24 months. Outturn spend is expected to …
About the supplier
18 Week Support Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11880370).