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
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · General-practitioner services (CPV 85121100)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 093738-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Oct 2026
- Published5 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
The contract relates to the continued provision of onsite and offsite GP Services for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. Following an assessment undertaken in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, the Trust intends to award a new contract to the incumbent provider under Direct Award Process C.<br/><br/>The service was awarded equally across the five key criteria below (20%) each, as the Service felt each of the criteria require required equal consideration
About the supplier
Hastings Integrated Family Healthcare GP Federation: every public contract they have won.