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
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £45,312
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical hospital services (CPV 85111200)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 089769-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Sep 2026
- Published22 Sep 2026Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
The Service is for patients referred by the Head Provider for Audiology assessment, hearing aid fitting, reassessment and related Audiology pathway activity at the Head Provider's premises. This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance, that this is an Urgent award. The lifetime contract value is £45,312 and is between 05 September 2026 - 04 March 2027.
About the supplier
ICS Operations trading as Xyla Services: every public contract they have won.