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
- Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Tektology SME
- Value
- £200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 72220000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 103290-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Oct 2026
- Published30 Oct 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is a Special Health Authority within NHS Wales with responsibility for the education, training, development and shaping of the healthcare workforce in Wales. HEIW has awarded a contract to Tektology Consulting Services Ltd, through a direct award under an NHS SBS framework agreement, to provide specialist advisory, assurance, testing and implementation support for its Digitally Enabled Workforce Transformation Programme. The contract will support the continued development and implementation of digital capability initiatives across NHS Wales.
About the supplier
Tektology: every public contract they have won.