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
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Roche Products Ltd
- Value
- £48,357,375
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Pharmaceutical products (CPV 33600000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 026580-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Feb 2026
- Published24 Mar 2026Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
The Framework Agreement is for the supply of Faricimab (Vabysmo®) to NHSScotland. The Framework Agreement has been awarded as a single supplier framework Agreement to one (1) Framework Participant.
About the supplier
Roche Products Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00100674).