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 Of Edinburgh · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Hamamatsu Photonics UK Ltd
- Value
- £400,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Scanners (CPV 38520000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 016202-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Apr 2025
- Published22 Apr 2025Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement exercise to combine two requirements at the University for Advanced BioImaging Facility and UK Dementia Research Institute.
About the supplier
Hamamatsu Photonics UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02228744).