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 Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- The James Mercer Group Ltd SME
- Value
- £287,404.57
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction work · Boiler installation work (CPV 45331110)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 014651-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Jan 2026
- Published18 Feb 2026Published 42 days after the contract date
Description
Installation of Spirax Eco Bolt at Furness General Hospitals & Royal Lancaster Infirmary<br/><br/>Compliantly awarded under NHSSBS: SBS10166 - Hard Facilities Management 2 (HFM2) - Lot 3.7
About the supplier
The James Mercer Group Ltd: every public contract they have won.