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
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Maintel Europe Ltd
- Value
- £527,226.18
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Universal Mobile Telephone System (UMTS) services (CPV 64212700)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 056291-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Apr 2026
- Published15 Jun 2026Published 59 days after the contract date
Description
AVAYA SYSTEM SUPPORT,MAINTENANCE and Upgrade of hardware
About the supplier
Maintel Europe Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02665837).