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
- Cardiff University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- SciQuip Ltd SME
- Value
- £247,386
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical consumables (CPV 33140000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 015847-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Dec 2024
- Published17 Apr 2025Published 128 days after the contract date
Description
Cardiff University awarded contract for supply of pre-barcoded sample collection tubes with a custom layout and colour scheme designed to guide the nurses during sample collection.
About the supplier
SciQuip Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04253055).