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
- NHS England · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Midlands Diving Chamber SME
- Value
- £4,813,860
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 098742-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published20 Oct 2026Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. The contract has been awarded following Direct Award Process A under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award.<br/><br/>The contract relates to the provision of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Services for all ages in the Midlands Region.<br/><br/>The provider is commissioned to deliver care in line with the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy service specification published in 2018 (https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1766-HBOT-Service-Specification.pdf.)<br/><br/>The contract includes service development requirements and associated improvement plans to support the provider's progression towards compliance with the service specification published in 2025 (https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-services-all-ages-Servic…
About the supplier
Midlands Diving Chamber: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06505086).