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
- Probrand Limited
- Value
- £135,516.48
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Computer equipment and supplies (CPV 30200000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 022766-2026 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 support essential equipment upgrades as part of the Windows 10 to Windows 11 transition programme following Microsoft’s end-of-support for Windows 10. The requirement is to procure one hundred and twenty three (123) of the following items, including a thirty-six (36) month warranty period: Microsoft Surface Pros, Keyboards. Microsoft Surface Pro devices are essential to standardising in line with the rest of the Health Board and maintaining security, compliance, and operational continuity. These devices are critical to the successful delivery of the eFlow and eObs digital transformation programmes, both of which are embedded across the Health Board’s clinical and operational workflows.
About the supplier
Probrand Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02653446).