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
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- BOC Ltd
- Value
- £81,500
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Chemicals · Gases (CPV 24100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 020086-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Feb 2026
- Published5 Mar 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
This is a call-off under the LUPC Framework LAB4060 SU, for the supply of gases to the British Geological Survey.
About the supplier
BOC Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00337663).