Procurement of Midostaurin from Novartis UK

2. Justification for Type of Procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights Additional deliveries by the original supplier Explanation: These are branded patent protected medicines that are essential to medicines are required for continuity of patient care and are only available from only one economic operator. BHSCT can confirm that the absence of competition is not a result of the artificial narrowing of the parameters of the procurement.