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
- United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory Limited · Public authority - sub-central government
- Supplier
- University of Lancaster SME
- Value
- £152,538.40
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Research & development · Research services (CPV 73110000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 027704-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Mar 2026
- Published26 Mar 2026Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement of a PDRA contract at Lancaster University entitled Ru Volatilisation This scope follows on from a recent PhD project looking at the volatilisation behaviour of Ru from RuO2. The Waste Vitrification Plant at Sellafield has identified a benefit to better understand the chemistry of Ru, specifically in the areas relating to how it volatilises.
About the supplier
University of Lancaster: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company RC000657).