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
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ingenica Solutions Limited SME
- Value
- £378,164.28
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Inventory management software development services (CPV 72212430)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 031394-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Apr 2026
- Published7 Apr 2026Published the same day
Description
Direct award against the NHS Commercial Solutions Framework.
About the supplier
Ingenica Solutions Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07980151).