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
- Xograph Healthcare Ltd SME
- Value
- £110,640.35
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment (CPV 50421000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 079183-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Aug 2026
- Published19 Aug 2026Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
Maintenance contract to cover 5 Planmeca devices at Musgrove Park Hospital. To be serviced on-site under a comprehensive service contract inclusive of preventative maintenance, on site support and replacement parts. To cover the period of 01/04/2026 to 31/03/2031 This notice is confirmation of an award having been made based on a framework agreement and without competition. This is an NHS Supply Chain framework contract award: Framework:2021/S000-021535 Maintenance, Repair and Calibration of Medical Equipment
About the supplier
Xograph Healthcare Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00918971).