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
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Health Now Limited SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pathology services (CPV 85111800)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 084766-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Dec 2025
- Published19 Dec 2025Published the same day
Description
Contract for cellular pathology insourcing services awarded under NHS Workforce Alliance Insourcing framework. Additional information: This contract is for the provision of insourced cellular pathology services<br/>The award has been made under the NHS Workforce Alliance framework<br/>The value of this award is expected to be £40,000 between the 1st Jan 2026, and 28th Feb 2026<br/>The award is to an existing supplier
About the supplier
Health Now Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13335901).