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
- £236,762
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical practice services (CPV 85121000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 095157-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Aug 2026
- Published8 Oct 2026Published 48 days after the contract date
Description
The service delivers a fully managed insourced clinical service for ENT 2WW. The Supplier shall have responsibility for the organisation, management and delivery of the Services, including the provision, supervision and management of all personnel required to deliver the agreed activity outputs. The service will provide a full insourcing service for ENT 2WW at University Hospital Southampton operating from trust sites. The service directly addresses urgent ENT cancer referral backlogs by providing dedicated weekend clinical clinic capacity to reduce 2WW wait times. 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 4 week extension period is £236,762. The contract commences on 22nd August 2026 and expires on 14th November 2026. There is one optional extension available with a maximum potential term that will not extend beyond 7th December 2026 Thi…
About the supplier
18 Week Support Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11880370).