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
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Bearingpoint Limited SME
- Value
- £246,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Business and management consultancy and related services (CPV 79400000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 055965-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Jun 2026
- Published15 Jun 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
As a result of the unique specialist support required the Health Board are proposing a direct award call off from the NHS SBS Consultancy and Advisory Service, Lot 2, in compliance with Regulation 33 of the Public Contracts Regulations. The preferred provider has significant experience in this diverse sector and has delivered similar projects in similar sized organisations and for NHS improvement. Due to the nature of this commission as a ‘Task and Finish’ initiative, with a strict commencement date of August 2025 and a completion deadline of 30th November 2025, many potential bidders were unable to meet the required timeline. As a result, only one company was able to confirm the ability to meet the commission timescales and this was Bearing Point. The Project Team conducted a thorough evaluation of Bearing Point proposed consultant and determined that it fully complies with the requirements and have all the relevant qualification to meet the HB objectives.
About the supplier
Bearingpoint Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03144016).