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 Thames Valley Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Principal Medical Ltd
- Value
- £3,020,833
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 092390-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Sep 2026
- Published30 Sep 2026Published 9 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Thames Valley ICB ("the Commissioner") is commissioning an Urgent Treatment Centre in Banbury. Located on Banbury's Horton General Hospital site within the Fiennes Centre providing Urgent Care and Walk-in urgent medical treatment. Thames Valley ICB has followed PSR Direct Award C for the contract to which this notice relates. The total expected value of the contract for the initial 17-month contract term is £1,770,833 The optional 12-month extension expected value of the contract is £1,250,000. Therefore, the full expected lifetime contract value is £3,020,833. The contract period will commence on 01 November 2026 This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. Additional information: Evidence that Principal Medical Limited have satisfied the existing contract to a sufficient standard according to the detail outlined in the contract: they provided all of the required documentation, information an…
About the supplier
Principal Medical Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04679678).