AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust published a retrospective transparency notice for the original award of respiratory medicine services, described as provision of a respiratory consultant. The notice identifies Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust as supplier and records a contract signature date of 1 April 2025. However, the only lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract records are active.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded to Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust for Lot 1. The source records an active contract linked to that award, with a stated signature date of 1 April 2025.
Market significanceThis is a retrospective, non-competitive publication for health services. No contract value, term, pricing, competition data or evaluation information has been published.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
98% confidenceAward 098811-2026-1 · Lots 1 · Not published Not published · Active award and linked active contract record
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Award 098811-2026-1 names Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust as supplier and relates to lot 1; no award value is supplied.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Publication
99% confidencePublished 20 October 2026
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Process published_at and release history both state 2026-10-20T10:20:09+01:00.
Award record
98% confidenceActive
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Award 098811-2026-1 has status active.
Contract record
98% confidenceActive; signature date recorded as 1 April 2025
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Contract 098811-2026-1 has status active and dateSigned 2025-04-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Lot status
99% confidenceCancelled
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Tender lot 1 is marked cancelled, despite being linked to the active award and contract records.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award and contract value
99% confidenceNot published
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The process, award and lot value fields are null.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signature date
98% confidence1 April 2025
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Contract dateSigned is 2025-04-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Notice publication date
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Process published_at is 2026-10-20T10:20:09+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
94% confidenceProvision of a respiratory consultant / respiratory medicine services
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Process description is 'Provision of Respiratory Consultant'; rationale refers to a contract for provision of Respiratory Medicine.
Category
99% confidenceHealth services (CPV 85100000)
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Tender classification is CPV 85100000, Health services.
Delivery region
94% confidenceUKJ22
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The item delivery address specifies region UKJ22.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited procedure: award without prior publication of a call for competition
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procurementMethod is limited and procurementMethodDetails states award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.
Stated rationale
98% confidenceRetrospective transparency publication for an original award that pre-dated integration of the services into the buyer's current management arrangements; described as outside the directive's scope.
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The procurement rationale states that the original contract was awarded before service integration and the notice is published retrospectively in the interest of transparency. Rationale classification is D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot published
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No tender submissions, bidder count, evaluation scores or award-criteria assessment results are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
98% confidenceActive record
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Contract 098811-2026-1 is marked active.
Execution evidence
98% confidenceA signature date is explicitly recorded: 1 April 2025
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Contract dateSigned is populated as 2025-04-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Start and end dates
99% confidenceNot published
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contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null; no start or end date appears in the contract record.
Options
96% confidenceNo options indicated
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Lot 1 has hasOptions set to false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial visibility
98% confidenceLimited
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The publication identifies the buyer, supplier, service description, procedure rationale and signature date, but does not publish value, duration, pricing or evaluation detail.
Route-to-market implication
98% confidenceThis notice does not evidence an open competition opportunity
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The stated procedure was an award without prior publication and the notice says it was published retrospectively.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting lot and award lifecycle data
99% confidenceThe linked lot is cancelled, while the award and contract records are active.
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Lot 1 status is cancelled; award 098811-2026-1 and contract 098811-2026-1 are active.
Retrospective notice
99% confidenceThe notice was published after the recorded contract signature date.
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The contract signature date is 1 April 2025 and publication date is 20 October 2026; the buyer describes the notice as retrospective.
Unpublished commercial fields
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: value, start date, end date, duration, pricing, submissions and evaluation detail.
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Relevant value and date fields are null and no competition or evaluation data is supplied.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains an unresolved lifecycle inconsistency: lot 1 is cancelled, while its linked award and contract records are active.
- No award value, contract value, pricing structure, duration, contract start date or contract end date is published.
- No bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation scoring or detailed award assessment is published.
- The service wording varies between 'Respiratory Consultant' and 'Respiratory Medicine'; the notice does not clarify the precise scope beyond those descriptions.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Respiratory Medicine Dr MedveczkyEast Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSussex Community NHS Foundation Trustrespiratory consultanthealth services contract awardUKJ22
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named as the supplier?
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is named for award 098811-2026-1.
Was a contract signature date published?
Yes. The linked contract record gives a signature date of 1 April 2025.
What is the contract value?
No award or contract value is published.
Was this openly competed?
The notice records an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition and says the publication is retrospective.
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