Official UK procurement notice
Community Non-Obstetric Ultrasound (NOUS)
Authority: NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe overarching aims of the NOUS services across Sussex are:
- To ensure Patients receive the right test at the right time and in the most clinically appropriate local setting.
- To ensure diagnostic testing is integrated across pathways of care, that the report and images follows the Patient and that there is no unnecessary duplication of investigation.
- To enable Patients and referring clinicians to access a choice of provision according to patient choice, clinical need and relevant care pathway; and
- To ensure diagnostic tests are appropriate, necessary, clinically correct, of high quality, with timely access and reporting.
The existing community providers support the Sussex system, which removes demand from acute trusts that would otherwise complete this work
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Award Notice (via Direct Award B).
CPV: Medical imaging services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Dec 2024, 09:21 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Dec 2024, 09:21 GMT
- Authority reference
C231898- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-041345- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cc7cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This procurement falls under the Provider Selection Regime (Direct Award process B).
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The award decision maker for NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board is the Deputy Chief Integration & Primary Care Officer and Director of Joint Commissioning . There are no declared or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision and how these were managed.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex Medical Chambers LimitedSMENMC01_202425_QNX_NOUS | £0 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
NMC01_202425_QNX_NOUS · Sussex Medical Chambers LimitedSME
- Signed
- 28 Nov 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS EnglandMediation body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Sussex Medical Chambers LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.