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
- Auditdata Ltd SME
- Value
- £43,624
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Systems support services (CPV 72253200)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 031530-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published7 Apr 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award against the NHS Supply Chain Framework
About the supplier
Auditdata Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05895080).