Contract award · 15 Jan 2026

Mobile Articulated Clinic Hire

NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol awarded “Mobile Articulated Clinic Hire” to Torton Bodies Limited for £104k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionConstruction workSouth West

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.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Value
£104,000
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
Sector
Construction work · Hire of earthmoving equipment with operator (CPV 45520000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date15 Jan 2026
  2. Published10 Apr 2026Published 85 days after the contract date

Description

26-week articulated trailer hire, fully modified to NHS clinical spec (13.8m x 5.5m, with disabled access, reception, waiting area, staff office, consultation room, 3 x treatment rooms, WC)

About the supplier

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date Contract Supplier Value
15 Jan 2026 Torton Bodies Limited £104k
15 Jan 2026 Torton Bodies Limited £104k

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