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
- NHS England · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Iqvia Ltd.
- Value
- £49,200
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Business services · Business and management consultancy services (CPV 79410000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Feb 2026
- Published26 Feb 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
The NHS Cost Drivers and Cost Disparities project aims to help trusts analyse their National Cost Collection (NCC) data to identify variations and disparities in costing that impact productivity. Year 1 of the project was designed to support the Secretary of States desire to be assured that the NHS understanding of its cost base and understanding of cost drivers. The NCC provides some, but not all of the information needed and to address this, a project was undertaken. This used the 2023/24 NCC data which was available at the time of Year 1 project. Year 1 was delivered as part of the Local Cost Collection (LCC)/ Federated Data Platform (FDP) work to enable NHSE to start building in these requirements to future improving the planned output from future cost submissions to support trusts to pinpoint inefficiencies and improve operational performance. It also successfully increased engagement with costing processes at both trust and Integrated Care Board (ICB) levels, supporting producti…
About the supplier
Iqvia Ltd.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03022416).