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
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- UK Vein Clinic Ltd SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Cardiology services (CPV 85121231)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 099304-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Oct 2026
- Published21 Oct 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
This paper proposes to seek approval of a contract award for Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services Vascular Ultrasound pathway within King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is to enable our pathway quickly so that we can validate our waiting list and demonstrate performance improvement, specifically intended through the SIF funding allocation at King’s College Hospital. The contract is to be awarded under the direct award of Insourcing of Clinical Services Framework to UK Vein Clinic via Framework Reference: SBS10203.
About the supplier
UK Vein Clinic Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 12454084).