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 United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Sulis Hospital SME
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 090200-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Sep 2026
- Published23 Sep 2026Published 9 days after the contract date
Description
Royal United Hospital (Bath) NHS Foundation Trust , (referred to in this Notice as RUH or "The Authority") intends to award a contract to Sulis Hospital for the Provision of Outpatient Pharmacy Dispensing Services and Associated Pharmacy Healthcare Services.<br/><br/>This Notice signifies an intention to award a contract under the Provider Selection Regime 2023 (PSR) using the Most Suitable Provider Process.<br/><br/>The approximate value of this contract is £8,000,000 and the contract term is a total of six years. The contract will be awarded as a 2+2+2.<br/><br/>This Intention to Award Notice describes the process undertaken to assess potential providers within the market and determine the Most Suitable Provider under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The Authority is intending to award a new Provider for an existing service. <br/><br/>The current contract with the incumbent Provider will remain in force, terminating on 10th January 2027…
About the supplier
Sulis Hospital: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06296104).