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) · Local Health Board
- Supplier
- Supportive Care (UK) Limited SME
- Value
- £8,500
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical specialist services (CPV 85121200)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 023309-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Mar 2026
- Published16 Mar 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
This is an Intention to award notice to kick off the standstill period for a Direct Award Process 1 (DAP1), run under the PSR Regulations (Wales). The service is for a Virtual Consultant Support for Specialist Palliative Care. This notice will kick start the 8 working days (start date of the notice published) standstill and end at midnight on the 8th working day.
About the supplier
Supportive Care (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09374737).