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
- Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Vodafone Limited
- Value
- £297,140
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Telecommunications network (CPV 32412100)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 028043-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Mar 2026
- Published26 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
The 4G/5G Mobile phone signal strength is extremely poor throughout the Acute site at Homerton Row, Hackney, London E9 6SR. This solution will boost 4G/5G signal to Trust deployed Vodafone mobile phones The solution is needed to ensure a good 4G/5G Mobile phone signal strength throughout the Acute site, and address a registered risk that the Trust carries. If the solution is not taken forward there is an increased risk of a clinical incidents due to not being able to reach a free fixed line phone quickly or attending an on site incident away from a fixed line phone, also will remove the need to hunt around finding a good cellular signal, to make receive calls. Vodafone are converting Homerton funds that have been provided as part of the contract to a Vodafone coverage solution (that can only be provided via Vodafone directly).
About the supplier
Vodafone Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01471587).