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 Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Vodafone Business
- Value
- £67,212
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Data and voice media (CPV 32583000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 046761-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Aug 2025
- Published7 Aug 2025Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
Due to coverage issues within the HDUHB area, there is a requirement for an alternative mobile voice and data provider to the Health Board’s main provider. To ensure those working within the community have sufficient coverage to enable them to do their roles safely, it is recommended we continue our arrangement with Vodafone. Lot 1 of The Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Mobile Voice and Data framework provides a complaint route to directly award this requirement to Vodafone.
About the supplier
Vodafone Business: every public contract they have won.