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
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £130,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 101685-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Oct 2026
- Published27 Oct 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
This contract will allow Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust to continue to receive support and maintenance services for their emergency telephony system by utilising the direct award option via Health Trust Europe ICT Solutions framework Agreement. Additional information: This contract will allow Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust to continue to receive support and maintenance services for their emergency telephony system by utilising the direct award option via Health Trust Europe ICT Solutions framework Agreement
About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).