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
- University of Glasgow · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Autoscribe Informatics Ltd SME
- Value
- £202,652
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Medical information systems (CPV 48814000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 002984-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Dec 2025
- Published14 Jan 2026Published 44 days after the contract date
Description
PURCH2873 - PPE1004041 Direct Award for the Provision of Supply of Laboratory Information Management System. LIMS for VDS (Laboratory Information Management System for Veterinary Diagnostic Services). Supply of laboratory information management system. Costs include implementation, equipment interfacing, data migration, 14 user licences and an ongoing support package and is the only system which can meet specification.
About the supplier
Autoscribe Informatics Ltd: every public contract they have won.