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
- Value
- £204,729.53
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Electrocardiography devices (CPV 33123200)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 077647-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Oct 2025
- Published27 Nov 2025Published 56 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of 30 new ECG machines and accessories to suit specification for new EHR requirements. ELI280 and ELI380 machines with set specification requested. Purchase through NHS Supply Chain framework
About the supplier
Welch Allyn: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02408071).