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 Sussex(the) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Waters Ltd
- Value
- £107,586
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (CPV 38000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 009184-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Feb 2025
- Published13 Mar 2025Published 35 days after the contract date
Description
The requirement is for supply, delivery, installation and warranty of a Compact Mass Spectrometer, to include full on-site training of a minimum of 5 members of staff.
About the supplier
Waters Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02912366).