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
- Illumina Cambridge Ltd
- Value
- £89,547
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Clinical forensics equipment and supplies (CPV 33950000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 020142-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Jul 2024
- Published9 May 2025Published 282 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of a DNA Sequencer for the Biomed Lab.
About the supplier
Illumina Cambridge Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03625145).