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
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Castons Consulting Limited SME
- Value
- £48,154.92
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Quantity surveying services (CPV 71324000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 096750-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Oct 2026
- Published13 Oct 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of Quantity Surveying services for RIBA Stages 3–7 and Contract Administration services for RIBA Stages 5–7 for the MRI & X-Ray Replacement project at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Direct call-off award to Castons Consulting Limited under NHS SBS Framework SBS10190, Lot 4 – Quantity Surveyor. Contract value £48,154.92 excluding VAT, commencing 18 October 2026 and ending 17 October 2027.
About the supplier
Castons Consulting Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 14203044).