Who Won It

Contract award · 12 Mar 2025

Buprenorphine (Buvidal®)

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") awarded “Buprenorphine (Buvidal®)” to Camurus AB for £13.2m.

No competitionMedical equipment & pharmaceuticalsScotland

BuyerThe Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")
Value £13.2m
WinnerCamurus AB

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.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") · Body governed by public law
Supplier
Camurus AB
Value
£13,247,143.28
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Pharmaceutical products (CPV 33600000)
Region
Scotland
Official notice
012329-2025 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date12 Mar 2025
  2. Published1 Apr 2025Published 20 days after the contract date

Description

Supply of Buprenorphine (Buvidal®) to NHS Scotland. The Authority has awarded this framework as a single supplier framework per line to one (1) Framework Participant.

About the supplier

  • Camurus AB: every public contract they have won.

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date Contract Supplier Value
29 Apr 2025
Camurus AB £13.2m

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