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
- De Smit Medical Systems Limited SME
- Value
- £13,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Ultrasound scanners (CPV 33112300)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 099455-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Oct 2026
- Published21 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board have direct awarded a contract for the purchase of two Biocon 700-S bladder scanners. This was awarded via the NHS Supply Chain Framework Bladder Scanners 2022 (Reference: 2021/S 000-007768).
About the supplier
De Smit Medical Systems Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06585345).