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
- Hywel Dda University Health Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £2,386,529.20
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 098668-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published19 Oct 2026Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s (HDUHB) Digital Directorate awarded a contract to renew their current Rubrik licence portfolio into one co-termed agreement covering their backup, recovery, cyber resilience, data protection and security monitoring requirements. Rubrik technology forms a critical component of the Health Board’s Cyber Security and Data Protection Framework, providing immutable backup, rapid recovery, ransomware detection, and protection of highly sensitive clinical and corporate data. The solutions are used extensively across the organisation to safeguard confidential patient information and ensure HDUHB can maintain continuity of services in the event of a cyber incident, system failure, or malicious attack.
About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).