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
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- UK Health Security Agency
- Value
- £180,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pathology services (CPV 85111800)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 024682-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Mar 2026
- Published18 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
The provision of a comprehensive diagnostic microbiology service including clinical advice to healthcare professionals.<br/>The Authority is intending to award the contract to an existing provider following the direct award process C.<br/>The lifetime value of this contract is expected to be £180,000. This is a call off order. <br/>The contract dates are 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027.<br/>This is an existing service with the existing provider.
About the supplier
UK Health Security Agency: every public contract they have won.