AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Medway NHS Foundation Trust awarded a direct, below-threshold nursing personnel supply requirement to ID Medical Group Limited. The published contract record is active and explicitly records a signature date of 20 October 2026.
Published outcomeOne award, covering lot 1, names ID Medical Group Limited as supplier. The contract value is £11,760 excluding VAT and £14,700 including VAT.
Market significanceThis is a short-duration, below-threshold direct procurement for nursing personnel supply, rather than a competed framework-style opportunity.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
ID MEDICAL GROUP LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £11,760 excluding VAT; £14,700 including VAT (contract-level value) GBP · Active award and contract
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Award 1 names supplier GB-COH-03829536; supplier verification confirms ID MEDICAL GROUP LIMITED, company number 03829536. Contract 1, linked to award 1, reports the stated values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice
99% confidence20 October 2026, 08:39 BST
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Contract details notice published_at: 2026-10-20T08:39:47+01:00.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 status: active.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status: active.
Contract signature
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned: 2026-10-20T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period
98% confidence20 October 2026 only
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Contract period startDate is 2026-10-20T00:00:00+01:00 and endDate is 2026-10-20T23:59:59+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£11,760
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Contract 1 value.amount: 11760 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£14,700
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Contract 1 value.amountGross: 14700 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract start
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate: 2026-10-20T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract end
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.endDate: 2026-10-20T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
91% confidenceProvision of nurses for August reference 270006128
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Tender description: “Provision of nurses for period - August 270006128”.
Service classification
99% confidenceSupply services of nursing personnel (CPV 79624000)
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Award item additional classification: CPV 79624000, “Supply services of nursing personnel”.
Lot coverage
99% confidenceLot 1
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Award 1 relatedLots and item relatedLot both identify lot 1.
Delivery geography
96% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Award item delivery address region: UK, country: GB.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect procurement
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Tender procurementMethod: direct.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold – without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails: “Below threshold - without competition”.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold: false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract duration
98% confidenceOne calendar day
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The recorded contract period runs from the start to the end of 20 October 2026.
VAT treatment
99% confidenceBoth net and gross values published
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Contract value provides amount (£11,760) and amountGross (£14,700).
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Market route
99% confidenceThe buyer used a non-competed direct route for a below-threshold nursing personnel supply requirement.
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Published procurement method is direct and procedure detail states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Value attribution
98% confidenceThe published value is assigned to the single contract linked to award 1 and its sole supplier.
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Contract 1 links to awardID 1; award 1 names one supplier, ID MEDICAL GROUP LIMITED.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award date
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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Award 1 has no award_date in the supplied award data.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value
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Lot 1 record contains no title, description or value amount.
Competition detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied beyond the stated non-competed direct procedure
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No bid, participant, evaluation, score or award-rationale data is included.
Requirement description
97% confidenceBrief source description only
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The tender description is limited to “Provision of nurses for period - August 270006128”.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Information not supplied in the published notice: award date, bidder numbers, evaluation criteria, scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown and renewal or extension terms.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual lot value.
- The requirement description is brief and does not specify nursing grades, volumes, service locations or operational requirements.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Medway NHS Foundation TrustID Medical Group Limitednursing provisionnursing personnel supplydirect procurementbelow-threshold contract
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Medway NHS nursing provision contract?
ID Medical Group Limited, verified under company number 03829536.
What is the contract value?
£11,760 excluding VAT and £14,700 including VAT.
Was the contract competed?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
When was the contract signed?
The published contract data records 20 October 2026 as the signature date.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.