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 Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Provide Enterprises
- Value
- £69,461
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 099879-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published22 Oct 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
The Provide Vasectomy contract was transferred into the management of Essex ICB when it became a statutory body on 1st April 2026 having been transferred over from SNEE ICB. The current contract ends on 31/10/2026. The commissioner is currently undertaking a review of vasectomy services across Essex to align services from 1/4/2027. This gives a 5-month gap from the end of the contract to the new financial year. Due to this and the transfer over from SNEE ICB it is not feasible to undertake a full procurement for this amount of time. Maintaining current contractual arrangements is therefore necessary to safeguard service stability and patient access whilst the commissioning review concludes. The commissioner is not aware of any alternative provider capable of mobilising and delivering the service safely and effectively within the available timeframe. Undertaking a competitive process for a five-month interim arrangement would be unlikely to deliver additional benefits to patients or th…
About the supplier
Provide Enterprises: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05843096).