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
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £6,369,486.54
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical equipments (CPV 33100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 084824-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Sep 2026
- Published8 Sep 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (the “Authority”) issued an Invitation to Tender ("ITT") in connection with a competitive procurement of The Provision of Prosthetic and Orthotic Services in accordance with Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015.<br/><br/>The procurement was a further competition under the NHS SBS Orthotics Products and Services including Prosthetic Services, Framework reference: SBS10247, Lot 1 – Orthotic Products: Stock, semi-bespoke and bespoke orthotic devices, Lot 2 – Orthotic Services: Clinical orthotics services & managed services and Lot 3 – Prosthetic Services: Prosthetics clinical / service delivery. The Authority will award a single contract to a single supplier covering all three (3) Lots.<br/><br/>The full term of the contract will be for seven (7) years with the option to extend for two (2) twelve (12) month periods, subject to satisfactory performance and value for money being provided by the Service Provider.
About the supplier
Hugh Steeper Limited (t/a Steeper): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00173865).