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
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Exact Sciences UK, Ltd. SME
- Value
- £214,650
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pathology services (CPV 85111800)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 009502-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Feb 2026
- Published3 Feb 2026Published the same day
Description
This contract is to commission Exact Science to provide Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score which is a genomic assay that provides a personalised insight into an individual patients breast cancer biology. <br/>This contract has been awarded under Direct Award A <br/>The lifetime value of this contract is £214,650 <br/>The contract is in place from 1st July 2025 until 30th June 2026
About the supplier
Exact Sciences UK, Ltd.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07484560).