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
- The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Nerams Ltd SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Patient-transport vehicles (CPV 34114122)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 041814-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Nov 2025
- Published7 May 2026Published 182 days after the contract date
Description
It was agreed to fund a dedicated discharge vehicle and arranged this via NERAMs at short notice to support with operational pressures. The contract has been awarded under PSR Direct Award Process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £294,182.40. Service to conclude 31st January 2027.
About the supplier
Nerams Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11096150).