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 Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £15,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Laboratory services (CPV 71900000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 007039-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published27 Jan 2026Published 301 days after the contract date
Description
Provider will deliver confirmatory testing for newborn screening results for sickle cell disease obtained from LS-MS/MS analysis in the Newborn Screening Laboratory at Sheffield Children’s Hospital using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). This analysis constitutes the second tier testing required as part of the Newborn Screening Programme for Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia<br/><br/>This contract has been awarded under NHS Provider Selection Regime Direct Award A. The Provider is currently meeting all contractual and legislative requirements as detailed in the NHS Standard Subcontract. <br/><br/>The services will be provided under this contract for 12 months from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026
About the supplier
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00674334).