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 Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Whitstable Medical Practice SME
- Value
- £4,228,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 100756-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Oct 2026
- Published23 Oct 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The provider will deliver a fully integrated service, delivering a unified minor illness and minor injury service. The proposed contracts would run for 1 year, ending on 30 November 2027, with a 6 month break clause, and an option to extend for a further 12 months, providing continuity while the ICB progresses the wider clinically led review of urgent and emergency care and develops the future UTC and neighbourhood health model.
About the supplier
Whitstable Medical Practice: every public contract they have won.