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
- Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ford Motor Company Limited
- Value
- £1,534,985.94
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Motor vehicles (CPV 34100000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 080684-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Jul 2026
- Published25 Aug 2026Published 41 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of 40 Ford Transit Custom vans for conversion into EMS Single Responder Vehicles for Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust.
About the supplier
Ford Motor Company Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00235446).