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
- Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Softcat Plc
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software support services (CPV 72261000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 093369-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Aug 2026
- Published2 Oct 2026Published 57 days after the contract date
Description
This project was originally initiated in 2022 but was subsequently paused due to funding constraints. Funding was secured through the 2025/26 business planning process, enabling the procurement exercise to recommence. <br/><br/>A competitive procurement process was undertaken, including supplier demonstrations and evaluation against predefined technical, social value, and commercial criteria. Evaluation was based on a weighted methodology of 60% technical (including social value) and 40% commercial, using the 5,506-user licence tier for comparison. <br/><br/>The final scores were: <br/><br/>Everbridge (Supplier A): 99.64% <br/>BlackBerry (Supplier B): 93.15% <br/><br/>Whilst BlackBerry achieved a slightly higher technical score, Everbridge's significantly more competitive pricing resulted in the highest overall weighted score and therefore represents the Most Advantageous Tender.
About the supplier
Softcat Plc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).