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
- NHS Golden Jubilee · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Arthrex LTD
- Value
- £181,840
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical equipments (CPV 33100000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 001991-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Oct 2020
- Published1 Feb 2021Published 102 days after the contract date
Description
The National Waiting Times Centre Board intends to enter into a contract with Arthrex being the only option meeting our requirement. In accordance with our interpretation of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 the services can only be provided by the particular provider for technical reasons and competition is therefore absent for technical reasons due to the unique essential requirements of the equipment required, namely Arthrex is currently the only manufacturer of commercially available Needle Arthroscopy systems with disposable instruments allowing arthroscopic procedures to be performed in an outpatient setting.
About the supplier
Arthrex LTD: every public contract they have won.