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
- Swansea Bay University Health Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- St Josephs Hospital SME
- Value
- £1,003,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical imaging services (CPV 85150000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 104772-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Nov 2026
- Published4 Nov 2026Published the same day
Description
Outsourcing of Cardiac CT/MRI Services This notice is an intention to award a contract based on a framework agreement without a competition via The Countess of Chester Framework (COCH F/098/CS/25/IB) the Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services (PSR). This is a non-committal contract for up to quantity 50 Cardiac MRI scans and quantity 50 Cardiac CT scans per month. The estimated lifetime maximum value of the contract is GBP1003000 The estimated lifetime value of the existing contract at the time the existing contract was entered into is GBP708000 per annum. The dates between which the services are intended to be provided is 16th November 2026 or soonest agreed date after contract conclusion to 31st March 2028
About the supplier
St Josephs Hospital: every public contract they have won.