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 Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Epsomedical Ltd (NVM)
- Value
- £19,049,986
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital and related services (CPV 85110000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 083633-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Nov 2025
- Published17 Dec 2025Published 43 days after the contract date
Description
Epsomedical Ltd is an Independent Sector Provider, providing elective acute healthcare services. This contract award has been made following Direct Award Process B (The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 7). The lifetime Value of the contract is £19,049,986 (per annum £9,524,993 (Surrey Heartlands ICB). The contract will start on 01/04/2025 and end on 31/03/2026, with an optional 1-year Extension. This contract has been awarded to Epsomedical Ltd, an existing provider, for an existing service. This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
About the supplier
Epsomedical Ltd (NVM): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03286288).