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
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £141,632
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award using NHS Ts&Cs
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Computer servers (CPV 48822000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Feb 2026
- Published23 Mar 2026Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
This requirement was contracted via the NHS Ts&Cs further to a benchmarking exercise against the current Hardware Devices contract for stock availability and to ensure value for money to the Trust. 6 x suppliers were approached, including the incumbent, with responses received by 2 in the timeline shared.
About the supplier
Midland Computer Services Limited t/a ServerSource: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03277942).