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
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Laerdal Medical Ltd SME
- Value
- £137,877.77
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Furniture & domestic appliances · Training aids and devices (CPV 39162200)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 022744-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Feb 2026
- Published13 Mar 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
Hywel Dda University Health Board's (HDUHB) Digital Directorate have awarded a contract to purchase Sim Capture Pro which is a clinical simulation capture, recording, analytics and governance platform for the new simulation suites to be installed at Carmarthen Hwb. The requirement includes cameras, interactive sensors, training and software licencing for five (5) years with the equipment covered by one (1) year warranty. The platform is used in clinical education to provide healthcare specific simulation capture and debriefing, designed to: Record multi-angle clinical simulations, Synchronize audio, video, and monitor outputs, Enable structured debriefing with event tagging, Provide performance analytics, Support competency tracking and governance documentation.
About the supplier
Laerdal Medical Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01744966).