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
- Southampton Solent University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Fisher Scientific UK LTD
- Value
- £41,619
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Microscopes (CPV 38510000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 020117-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Oct 2024
- Published9 May 2025Published 211 days after the contract date
Description
The purchase of a EVOS M5000 Microscope as part of the OfS Biomed Project. Fisher's product provides enhanced imaging. This contract has been awarded and this notice is for transparency purposes only.
About the supplier
Fisher Scientific UK LTD: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02883961).