Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- DA Languages
- Value
- £4,336,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Interpretation services (CPV 79540000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 002046-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jan 2025
- Published21 Jan 2025Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
NECS utilised an electronic tendering tool to manage this further competition and communicate with bidders. Accordingly, there was no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications with NECS, including bid submissions, were conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.
About the supplier
DA Languages: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06207784).