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
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Welch Allyn (U.K.) Limited
- Value
- £192,589.20
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical equipments (CPV 33100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 059517-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Jun 2026
- Published24 Jun 2026Published the same day
Description
Purchase of 55 ECG machines, 22 on trollies, 33 portable units in bags. Replacement of previous Trust equipment, with the preferred Trust standard units organised in conjunction with the EHR team. Purchase via NHS Supply Chain Framework: 2022/S 000-000127 Cardiac Diagnostics Equipment Technologies and Related Equipment and Services Framework.
About the supplier
Welch Allyn (U.K.) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02408071).