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
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- KCI Medical Limited
- Value
- £150,817.40
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Medical software package (CPV 48180000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 018937-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Dec 2025
- Published3 Mar 2026Published 74 days after the contract date
Description
The previous 3M™ Medicode 360 contract with KCI Medical Limited supported key clinical coding functions for the Health Board. It ended in 2024 after four years at a value of around GBP168,317.52. A new procurement has now been completed via a transparency notice to ensure service continuity and explore improved market options.
About the supplier
KCI Medical Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01130981).