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
- Public Health England · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Value
- £1,500,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Analysis apparatus (CPV 38432000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 001584-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Jan 2021
- Published26 Jan 2021Published the same day
Description
Public Health England (PHE) requires the provision of Fungitell kits, pipettes, and assay plates for use in its Bristol laboratories. PHE will be awarding a contract to Associates of Cape Cod for these consumables, as their assay plates, pipette tips, and tubes are the only ones compatible with the stakeholder’s current equipment, readers, laptops, etc., and validated for use. The consumables must also be beta-glucan free. PHE believes that Associates of Cape Cod is the only supplier that can meet its requirements.
About the supplier
Associates of Cape Cod International, Inc.: every public contract they have won.