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
- Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- B. Braun Medical Ltd SME
- Value
- £1
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical consumables (CPV 33140000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 002571-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Dec 2025
- Published13 Jan 2026Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
The provision of Medical IV Cannulas, which are to be held in the preparedness stockpile. Deliveries will be required over a 1 year period across financial year 2025/2026. Call-off contract from NHS Supply Chain framework infusion pumps, administration sets and associated products. Additional information: Value - The contract value is withheld from publication pursuant to regulation 50(6)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) as its release would be contrary to the public interest.
About the supplier
B. Braun Medical Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02296559).