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 of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust · NHS Trust
- Supplier
- The Clinical Network SME
- Value
- £2,999,999
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 093760-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Sep 2026
- Published5 Oct 2026Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
1. Insourcing for the provision of a service that will see NDS assessments conducted across Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedford and Luton. 2. Insourcing for the provision of a service that will see ADOS assessments conducted across Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedford and Luton This notice is confirmation of award being made based on a framework agreement (NHS SBS Clinical Insourcing), without competition. Value of the contract is up to £2,999,999 Start date: 25th September 2026 with initial term of 2 years and optional 12 month extension period available This represents a new contract with an existing supplier, which has been established to cover EEC's expanded, post-merger Trust footprint.
About the supplier
The Clinical Network: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04623639).