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
- UK Biobank Ltd · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Dell Corporation Ltd
- Value
- £400,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Servers (CPV 48820000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 034776-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Mar 2026
- Published16 Apr 2026Published 46 days after the contract date
Description
Deliver, install, configure, test and handover of Dell PowerEdge Servers and Dell PowerStore and PowerVault SAN storage devices in the Server Room at UK Biobank's new Greenheys site in Manchester in line with Dell Prodeploy Services Procured using Digital Workplace Solutions 2 NHS SBS framework SBS10510
About the supplier
Dell Corporation Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02081369).