Official UK procurement notice
Impacted Fetal Head Training Resources
Authority: NHS England (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)
Awarded value£474,552published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 16 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Limbs & Things Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNational
Enhanced Caesarean Section Module
Baby PROMPT Flex
Birthing Simulator PROMPT Flex
Delivery to specified trusts
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Oct 2025, 12:27 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2026, 12:17 BST
- Authority reference
C391832- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054234- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a6aaFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Due to an absence of competition for technical reasons and provided there are no reasonable alternatives, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 Oct 2025 → 9 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends378 days ago13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published139 days ago9 Jun 2026, 12:17 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published2 Oct 2025, 12:27 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published2 Oct 2025, 15:08 BSTUK6
- Buyer details updated2 Oct 2025, 15:08 BST
- Contract signature expected15 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published17 Dec 2025, 11:14 GMTUK7
- Contract termination notice published9 Jun 2026, 12:17 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 2 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £474,5521 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limbs & Things Limited31 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 | £474,552 | 16 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Impacted Fetal Head Training Resources · Limbs & Things Limited
- Signed
- 15 Dec 2025
- Value
- £478,000
- Period
- 16 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Oct 2026 with extensions
- Status
- terminated, This contract termination is being published to advise of the end of this contract. The delay in publishing this notice is due to administrative and operational circumstances373,730
- Extensions
- 6 month zero value extension
- Final value
- £478,000
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Limbs & Things LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender