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
- bioMerieux UK Ltd
- Value
- £6,192,812
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical consumables (CPV 33140000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 028362-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Mar 2026
- Published27 Mar 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The purchase of the ongoing maintenance and supply of tests for use on the already installed instruments across NHS Scotland that can only be supplied by the OEM.
About the supplier
bioMerieux UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01061914).