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
- City Hospitals Independent Commercial Enterprises Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Genesis Automation UK Ltd
- Value
- £289,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Inventory management software package (CPV 48430000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 067806-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jul 2026
- Published17 Jul 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of an electronic inventory management system
About the supplier
Genesis Automation UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08182133).