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
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- 18 Week Support Limited SME
- Value
- £688,314.24
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Ophthalmologist services (CPV 85121281)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 094999-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Oct 2026
- Published8 Oct 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The service delivers a fully managed insourced clinical service for Glaucoma follow-up patients at University Hospital Southampton, operating directly from Trust sites. The service combines weekend on-site diagnostic clinics with virtual consultant reviews to assess up to 3,904 patients over an initial four-month period. This contract targets wait-time reductions for ophthalmology pathways by providing short-term on-site clinical procedure capacity. This Notice is confirmation of an award having been made based on a framework agreement without further competition. The total estimated lifetime value of the contract including the optional 2 month extension period is £688,314.24. The contract commences on 10/10/2026 and the initial period expires on 30th January 2027. There is one optional extension available which will not extend beyond 31/03/2027. This is a new service requirement.
About the supplier
18 Week Support Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11880370).