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
- Defra Network eTendering Portal · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Checkit Europe Ltd
- Value
- £687,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Environmental monitoring other than for construction (CPV 90711500)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 008725-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Mar 2024
- Published18 Mar 2024Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice, indicating that Defra (on behalf of the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)) intends to enter into a contract with Checkit Europe Ltd for cloud and sensor monitoring, onsite planned maintenance and UKAS-accredited onsite calibration of the existing (Checkit) remote temperature and environmental monitoring system.<br/><br/>Defra intends to award this contract following the expiry of a voluntary standstill period, 10 days from the date of publication of this notice.
About the supplier
Checkit Europe Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09343487).