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
- NHS Blood and Transplant · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- X-Labs Limited SME
- Value
- £74,592
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software support services (CPV 72261000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 038838-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Jul 2025
- Published10 Jul 2025Published the same day
Description
Provision of licencing support, maintenance, and general software upgrades for DCERT Lims system at NHS BT
About the supplier
X-Labs Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05995322).