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
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £951,526
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 093662-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Sep 2026
- Published5 Oct 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
The procurement relates to the provision of HealthRoster Optima UK bundle (including HealthRoster, SafeCare and BankStaff), including SaaS services for Instant Pay. <br/><br/>The scope of services includes :<br/>- Rostering for all agenda for change staff<br/>- Links to Northumbria who provide our payroll services<br/>- Links to ESR (through new ESR Go interface)<br/>- Links to BankStaff for management of temporary staff<br/>- Provides safer staffing function through SafeCare<br/>- Links to eCommunity software which provides community nursing schedules<br/>- Provides data for internal People & Culture Dashboards<br/><br/>The Contracting Authority has awarded the contract by way of a direct award under the HealthTrust Europe ICT Solutions 2023 Digital Technology Framework (ComIT 3 – Complete IT).<br/><br/>This procurement approach supports compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the terms of the framework agreement, and the Trust’s governance requirements. The direct awa…
About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).