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
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Qbtech Limited SME
- Value
- £175,114.94
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 067605-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Sep 2025
- Published22 Oct 2025Published 50 days after the contract date
Description
QbTest<br/>We award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process A<br/>Approximate lifetime contract value £175,114.94<br/>Contract dates: 02/09/2025 - 01/09/2027. Additional information: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
About the supplier
Qbtech Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07344738).