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
- Gulmann Ltd
- Value
- £159,252.06
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Lifting equipment for health care sector (CPV 33192600)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 065185-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Mar 2026
- Published10 Jul 2026Published 126 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award via NHSSC framework 2020/S 129-318007 Pressure Area Care and Patient Handling
About the supplier
Gulmann Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11701197).