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
- Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Xma Ltd
- Value
- £356,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Computer equipment and supplies (CPV 30200000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 037120-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Jun 2025
- Published3 Jul 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
Supply of specified laptops, iphones/ipads and associated accessories. Additional information: All values quoted are inclusive of VAT. Call-Off Contract under the HealthTrust Europe LLP Framework Agreement for the Enterprise Level Information Communication Technology (ICT) Digital Technology Solutions 2023 (ComIT 3 – Complete IT 3) (reference number: 2023/S 000-007857) dated 2nd January 2024.
About the supplier
Xma Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02051703).