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
- NHS Blood and Transplant · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Certas Energy UK LTD
- Value
- £246,478.30
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Fuel & energy · Fuels (CPV 09100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 029911-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Jan 2026
- Published31 Mar 2026Published 78 days after the contract date
Description
This contract covers the supply of Adblue to the following NHSBT sites: Newcastle Blood Centre Filton Blood Centre Southampton Blood Centre the supply of Gas Oil (red diesel) to the following NHSBT sites: Cambridge Blood Centre Basildon SHU Colindale Blood Centre Horsham Tooting Blood Centre Filton Blood Centre Southampton Blood Centre and the supply of Diesel to the following NHSBT sites: Colindale Blood Centre Tooting Blood Centre Filton Blood Centre Southampton Blood Centre the estimated value of the contract is based on estimated consumption across a 2-year period, using the commodity prices as of w/c 16th feb . A 10% tolerance has been applied to this
About the supplier
Certas Energy UK LTD: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04168225).