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
- Hill-Rom Limited
- Value
- £72,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Beds for medical use (CPV 33192100)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 103373-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Oct 2026
- Published30 Oct 2026Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board have direct awarded a contract for the purchase of eight birthing beds. This was awarded via the NHS Supply Chain Framework for Pressure Area Care (Reference: 2025/S 000-086469).
About the supplier
Hill-Rom Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02250372).