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
- Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- HSL Pathology LLP SME
- Value
- £60,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical hospital services (CPV 85111200)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 103945-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Nov 2026
- Published2 Nov 2026Published the same day
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award
About the supplier
HSL Pathology LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC401483).