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 and Sussex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Dorking Healthcare Ltd (NNE)
- Value
- £19,692,192
- 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
- 091852-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published29 Sep 2026Published 182 days after the contract date
Description
The provider 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 £19,692,196 (per annum £9,846,096). The contract will start on 01/04/2026 and end 31/03/2027 with an optional 1 year extension (01/04/2027 and end 31/03/2028). This is an existing previous contract with an existing Provider.
About the supplier
Dorking Healthcare Ltd (NNE): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06927650).