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
- Swansea Bay University Health Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- AECOM Limited
- Value
- £47,361
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Quantity surveying services (CPV 71324000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 102790-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published29 Oct 2026Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
To provide the continuation of Quantity Surveyor (Cost Advisory) Services for the development and delivery of a new build Challenging Behaviour Unit within the Swansea Bay University Health Board estate. WSP UK Limited are an awarded provider on the Health Board’s Consultants and Contractors Framework Agreement for work costs up to 2 million pound, following a competitive tender process in 2023. The Dan y Deri project has exceeded this financial threshold and therefore, it is imperative that WSP UK Limited are appointed via an alternative route to ensure business continuity, retention of specialist knowledge, and avoid any duplication of effort and mobilisation costs, representing value for money. Utilisation of the SBS framework has allowed the Dan Y Deri Challenging Behaviour Unit scheme to be costed appropriately and has provided assurance that the project can be delivered on a timely basis, which will allow realisation of clinical efficiencies and patient benefits.
About the supplier
AECOM Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01846493).