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
- Integrated Laboratory Solutions LLP · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- North Bristol NHS Trust
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pathology services (CPV 85111800)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 011027-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jan 2026
- Published6 Feb 2026Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
** PSR DIRECT AWARD C INTENT TO<br/>AWARD NOTICE **- CALL OFF<br/>CONTRACT FOR MICROBIOLOGY TESTS<br/>INTENT TO AWARD TO AN EXISITING<br/>SUPPLIER.<br/>VALUE OF THE CONTRACT £30000<br/>TO BE FOR THE PERIOD 19/02/2026<br/>TO 18/02/2027.<br/>PROVISION OF REFERRAL<br/>SERVICES FOR MICROBIOLOGY TESTS, TO BE<br/>DELIVERED AS AND WHEN<br/>REQUIRED BY THE CONTRACTING<br/>AUTHORITY. THE CONTRACT VALUE<br/>IS ESTIMATED AND WILL VARY<br/>BASED ON ACTIVITY LEVELS. THE<br/>INITIAL CONTRACT TERM WILL RUN<br/>FROM 19/02/2026 TO 18/02/2027,<br/>WITH THE OPTION FOR THE<br/>AUTHORITY TO EXTEND FOR<br/>AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF UP TO 12<br/>MONTHS.<br/><br/>THIS CONTRACT HAS NOT YET<br/>FORMALLY BEEN AWARDED; THIS<br/>NOTICE SERVES AS AN INTENTION<br/>TO AWARD UNDER THE PSR. THE<br/>CONTRACT WILL NOT BE AWARDED<br/>UNTIL THE PERIOD HAS ENDED<br/>AND ANY REPRESENTATIONS HAVE<br/>BEEN CONSIDERED.<br/><br/>NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WERE<br/>IDENTIFIED DURING THE<br/>PROCUREMENT PROCESS.<br/><br/>NO SUBCONTRA…
About the supplier
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