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
- West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS FT · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Ortivus UK Ltd SME
- Value
- £191,680
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 038256-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published27 Apr 2026Published 26 days after the contract date
Description
COT system to manage movement of drugs in the Trust. Additional information: Award based on pre-market review as time was of the essence
About the supplier
Ortivus UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03558696).