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
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · NHS
- Supplier
- Vitalhub
- Value
- £140,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT software development services (CPV 72212517)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 101645-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Oct 2026
- Published27 Oct 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Diabetes management software for NHS
About the supplier
Vitalhub: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06251662).