Official UK procurement notice
NNUH_Medefer - Provision of Clinical Outpatient Service 26/27 Tranche 4
Authority: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH15)
Awarded value £858,452published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 17 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Medefer Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract will run from 17/08/2026 until 31/03/2027, awarded urgently due to patient wait times causing potential patient harm.
CPV: Surgical hospital services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Medefer will provide surgical outpatient capacity to NNUHAwarded
Medefer will provide surgical outpatient capacity to NNUH. This contract has been awarded urgently due to an urgent circumstance. The lifetime value of this contract is a maximum of £858,452 on a cost and volume basis. The service will be provided between 17th August 2026 and 31st March 2027.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 14 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f970
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
- Sub-contract has been award through PSR Urgent Award in accordance with Regulation 14(2)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £858,4521 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medefer LtdSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 087003-2026-1 · Medefer LtdSME
- Signed
- 17 Aug 2026
- Value
- £858,452
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Medefer LimitedAwarded supplierView supplier profile →
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.