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
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Softcat Plc
- Value
- £2,407,327
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software support services (CPV 72261000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 104204-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Aug 2026
- Published3 Nov 2026Published 94 days after the contract date
Description
The recommended and compliant route to market was via Health Trust Europe Framework. Lot 1: Enterprise Level ICT Solutions (Software category), as a direct award without further competition. This award satisfied the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) methodology.
About the supplier
Softcat Plc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).