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
- Sheffield City Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £267,964
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Services provided by medical laboratories (CPV 85145000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 005793-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Jan 2026
- Published22 Jan 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Histopathology services
About the supplier
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.