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
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- The Access Group
- Value
- £6,138,397
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 006465-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Jan 2026
- Published26 Jan 2026Published 13 days after the contract date
Description
This procurement is to support the mental health services allowing cases to be shared or transferred across regional and organisational boundaries if the individual is referred to new services or they move home. They can access the best available and most up to date information,
About the supplier
The Access Group: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02343760).