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
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Virgin Media Business Limited
- Value
- £1,185,842.21
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Dedicated-business telephone network services (CPV 64214000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 028879-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Mar 2026
- Published30 Mar 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
Framework agreement - Direct Award
About the supplier
Virgin Media Business Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01785381).