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
- Tortus AI Ltd SME
- Value
- £360,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · System and support services (CPV 72250000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 082596-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 May 2026
- Published1 Sep 2026Published 94 days after the contract date
Description
Unlimited licence access for Tortus Ambient Voice utilising the pilot offering against the CCS G-Cloud 14 framework.
About the supplier
Tortus AI Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 14487060).