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
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Tyneside Surgical Services SME
- Value
- £698,400
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical specialist services (CPV 85121200)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 079022-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Aug 2026
- Published19 Aug 2026Published the same day
Description
Provision of diagnostic flexible cystoscopy and/or biopsy services and daycase theatre procedures to support Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust with high levels of demand for the procedure.<br/><br/>This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services PSR Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015 and Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on 02/09/2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded, this notice serves as an intention to award under PSR.<br/><br/>The intention is for the contract to be awarded to the existing provider following the PSR Direct Award Process Option C as it has been deemed that the existing provider is satisfying the original contract and wil…
About the supplier
Tyneside Surgical Services: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06222637).