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
- Digital Health and Care Wales ("DHCW") · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- BMJ Publishing Group Limited
- Value
- £160,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · E-learning services (CPV 80420000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 028182-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Aug 2024
- Published3 Sep 2024Published 13 days after the contract date
Description
DHCW requires access to BMJ Learning, which is an online platform offering over 900 evidence-based courses for healthcare professionals, covering the wide range of professional roles throughout NHS Wales. In addition to the evidence-based content, BMJ learning offers accreditation, allowing NHS Wales staff to earn CPD points and receive credits that can be used towards revalidation. There are no other resources on the market that offer the same speciality coverage, recognised accreditation and flexibility as BMJ Learning.
About the supplier
BMJ Publishing Group Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03102371).