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
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · NHS Organisation
- Value
- £29,379
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Services provided by medical laboratories (CPV 85145000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 102799-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published29 Oct 2026Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
Description of Services: The provision of a testing service for molecular pathology requests and the reporting of these results. Contract Award Statement: Intention to award a contract to an existing provider (University Hospitals Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital) following Provider Selection Regime direct award process C. Approximate Lifetime Value of the Contract: £29,379 Contract Period: 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
About the supplier
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham: every public contract they have won.