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
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Inhealth Group SME
- Value
- £2,119,220
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical imaging services (CPV 85150000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 099586-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Oct 2026
- Published21 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust intends to award a contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract is for the provision of a staffed mobile CT service, including mobile CT facilities, associated staffing, generator provision and support services required to support the delivery of diagnostic imaging services for patients of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. The proposed arrangements represent continuation of the existing service with no material change to service scope, patient cohort, locations, operating model or clinical outputs. The provider is currently delivering the service to the required standard and is considered capable of continuing to do so under the proposed contract. The approximate lifetime value of the proposed contract is £2,119,220 excluding VAT and fuel costs. The intended contract period is from 3 November 2026 to 2 No…
About the supplier
Inhealth Group: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04620480).