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 Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- VWR International Ltd.
- Value
- £120,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Chemicals · Chemical products (CPV 24000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 023807-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jan 2026
- Published17 Mar 2026Published 54 days after the contract date
Description
Call off for the supply of Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals under Framework LAB4043 SU. Goods will be ordered as and when required. This is a multi supplier award. Non exclusive contract, with no committed value.
About the supplier
VWR International Ltd.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01932827).