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
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Epic
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Medical software package (CPV 48180000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 022529-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Mar 2026
- Published12 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
EHR and associated services to be provided to Somerset NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Trust, Dorset County Hospitals NHS Trust and Dorset Healthcare.
About the supplier
Epic: every public contract they have won.