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 Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Carl Zeiss Ltd
- Value
- £228,382
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment (CPV 50420000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 091717-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Aug 2026
- Published29 Sep 2026Published 47 days after the contract date
Description
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board have direct awarded a contract for the maintenance of Visual Fields, Wide Angle Retina Cameras and OCT equipment within local BCU sites. This was awarded via using the HealthTrust Europe LLP Framework: The Supply of Ophthalmic Surgical Pathway Goods & Services (reference number: SF053338)
About the supplier
Carl Zeiss Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00542141).