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
- Hywel Dda University Health Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Karl Storz Endoscopy (UK) Limited SME
- Value
- £46,280
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Endoscopy, endosurgery devices (CPV 33168000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 065414-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Jul 2026
- Published13 Jul 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Hywel Dda University Health Board have direct awarded a contract to Karl Storz for the purchase of three (3) Nasendoscopes (HD Video Rhino-Laryngoscope), utilising NHS Supply Chain’s (NHSSC) Rigid Endoscopy and Associated Options and Related Services Framework, reference 2021/S 000-007768. This purchase will support ongoing patient-centred care within the Outpatient’s department
About the supplier
Karl Storz Endoscopy (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC151965).