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
- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Insight Direct
- Value
- £722,400
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Computer equipment and supplies (CPV 30200000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 045913-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Jul 2025
- Published5 Aug 2025Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of 700 Surface Pro's and peripherals.
About the supplier
Insight Direct: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02579852).