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
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Kwik Move Ltd SME
- Value
- £54,900
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Storage and retrieval services (CPV 63121000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Mar 2025
- Published7 Mar 2025Published 10 days before the contract date
Description
The Trust has awarded a contract for the packing, transportation, and installation of medical equipment, furniture, and IT equipment to support the decants for the new Surgical Centre. The appointed contractor will manage the relocation from the Old Building, the Queens Building, and an offsite warehouse storage unit at Courtland's Industrial Estate, Norton Fitzwarren, to the new Surgical Centre accommodation. The contract also includes a storage service for new equipment, along with a pick-and-pack service for delivery to the new Surgical Centre. The total contract value incorporates the cost of storage allocated for 24 weeks.
About the supplier
Kwik Move Ltd: every public contract they have won.