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
- Yorkshire Ambulance Authority NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- CDW Limited
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Tablet computer (CPV 30213200)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 014297-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2025
- Published10 Apr 2025Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
The Trust seeks to transition from purchasing ambulance issued Getac rugged laptops to leasing end-user issued iPads, with an initial rollout of 1,700 iPads across its sites by end of April 2025. The Supplier MAY be required to handle the aspects of the rollout, including setup of new iPads with SIM Cards/eSIMs, accessories, asset tags, registration on Apple Care for Enterprise and Apple Care OS. The supplier MAY manage logistics, including secure storage and bonded warehousing. <br/> <br/>Rollout of new devices, along with Apple Financial Services (AFS), AppleCare OS Support (ACOS), and a dedicated account manager, will be required for the duration of the contract, with SLAs to be agreed upon with the selected bidder.
About the supplier
CDW Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02465350).