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
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Softcat Plc
- Value
- £113,480.66
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (CPV 30000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Oct 2025
- Published29 Oct 2025Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
Price only mini competition between 3 suppliers for 2+1+1 contract term
About the supplier
Softcat Plc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).