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
- West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Data management services (CPV 72322000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 083864-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Oct 2025
- Published17 Dec 2025Published 53 days after the contract date
Description
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About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).