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
- NHS Business Services Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- KPMG
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Specialist training services (CPV 80510000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 079904-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Nov 2025
- Published4 Dec 2025Published 22 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award under the CCS Technology Products and Associated Services 2 Framework for the provision of training services for NHSBSA colleagues to navigate the opportunities, challenges, long-term impact and value of AI.
About the supplier
KPMG: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03580549).