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 Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Protec Fire Detection SME
- Value
- £300,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Electrical equipment & lighting · Burglar and fire alarms (CPV 31625000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 010589-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Feb 2025
- Published21 Mar 2025Published 36 days after the contract date
Description
Cardiff and Vale University Health board (CVUHB) have a need to implement a contract for the purchase of fire alarm equipment. The purpose of the contract is to allow the provision of a partial upgrade of the existing Protec fire alarm system equipment with replacement fire alarm smoke detectors, heat detectors and break glass units as a one-off purchase. Protec are the only supplier capable of supplying and installing the replacement equipment, re-commissioning of the equipment on the current bespoke closed protocol system. Protec are the only supplier capable of supplying of installing the replacement equipment, re-commissioning of the equipment on the current bespoke closed protocol system. Additional information: N/A
About the supplier
Protec Fire Detection: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01170489).