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
- Sim & Skills Ltd SME
- Value
- £37,015.66
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Anaesthesia devices (CPV 33172100)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 096693-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Aug 2026
- Published13 Oct 2026Published 48 days after the contract date
Description
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board have direct awarded a contract for the purchase of Anaesthetic Machine for use within the MRI scanner at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. This was awarded via the NHS Supply Chain Framework for Anaesthesia Machines and Related Accessories and Services (Reference: 2026/S 000-008108).
About the supplier
Sim & Skills Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13016933).