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
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Healthcare Communications UK Ltd
- Value
- £34,805.35
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Short Message Service (SMS) services (CPV 64212100)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 011452-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Jan 2026
- Published9 Feb 2026Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
Supply and implementation of SMS, portal and E‑Forms for wait list workflows
About the supplier
Healthcare Communications UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04084131).