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
- UK Research & Innovation · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Kuraray Trading Co. Ltd
- Value
- £121,068.12
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Detection and analysis apparatus (CPV 38430000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 009778-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Mar 2023
- Published4 Apr 2023Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Wavelength shifting (WLS) fibres of different lengths and diameters, totalling a length of 55 km, are required for new detectors on ISIS. This fibre is a critical component in neutron sensitive scintillation detectors that have been developed at ISIS. The fibres capture light from neutron sensitive scintillators embedded in the detectors and transport it to light sensors for signal processing. Additional information: The term and conditions relating to this purchase are provided in the Contract, which matches the Contract number cited in the narrative to this Purchase Order and are specific to this Contract. Where the Contract number is not so cited, then our standard terms and conditions will apply which are available at :- https://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/Documents/UKRIPOTCs.pdf
About the supplier
Kuraray Trading Co. Ltd: every public contract they have won.