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
- Isle of Wight Council · Regional or local authority
- Suppliers
- TeleAlarm, Anywhere Care, Tunstall Healthcare
- Value
- £1,671,000 across 3 lots
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 015372-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2025
- Published15 Apr 2025Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
Some of our clients have already had their telephone lines switched from analogue to digital which renders any analogue units unusable in their properties. This is also the same for new clients. We have very few lifelines left in stock and the ones we do have are analogue only. This mean we are unable to provide back-up lifelines to our existing customers if their current one has a fault leaving them without the service they are paying for. We are also unable to grow the service if we do not have lifelines to issue to new clients. Due to the urgency and need for the equipment this is the quickest way to ensure we are not left with no lifelines to provide for our service. We have used these suppliers for some time as they are compatible with our platform in which we have a contract with. We started to complete a PIF and find frameworks in which are providers use but were unable to find one in which all 3 providers were on. The intention is to tender for this provision at the same time …
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Ad Hoc Care Technology | TeleAlarm | £557k |
| Ad Hoc Care Technology | Anywhere Care | £557k |
| Ad Hoc Care Technology | Tunstall Healthcare | £557k |
About the suppliers
TeleAlarm: every public contract they have won.
Anywhere Care: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11102856).
Tunstall Healthcare: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01332249).