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
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Atrumed Healthcare Limited
- Value
- £27,500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · General-practitioner services (CPV 85121100)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 100929-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Oct 2026
- Published26 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
Provision of Urgent GP Clinic Services to Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT for both Bedford Hospital and Luton & Dunstable Hospital sites. The intention is to award a contract to our existing provider, Atrumed Healthcare, by following the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) direct award process C. Contract duration 01.04.2027 - 31.03.2030. With an option to extend for a further 2 years. Estimated contract value: £27.5m.
About the supplier
Atrumed Healthcare Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10636369).