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) · Local Health Board
- Supplier
- Globe Locums Limited
- Value
- £360,898.10
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 059292-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Sep 2025
- Published24 Sep 2025Published the same day
Description
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) are looking to award a contract to continue the delivery of an insourced solution for Obstetric & Non-Obstetric Ultrasound Examinations, permissible under the Direct Award Process Two (2) of Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Wales. The Health Board have been allocated funding to deliver the upon Welsh Government (WG) targets with regards to referral to treatment times (RTT) and reducing waiting list initiatives (WLI). The Health Board are intending to award this contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process Two (2). The services will be provided between the 1st of December 2025 and the 31st of March 2026 with the option to extend to the 31st of March 2027. Additional information: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
About the supplier
Globe Locums Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07623256).