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
- Cepheid UK Limited SME
- Value
- £467,800
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical consumables (CPV 33140000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 030328-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Mar 2026
- Published1 Apr 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of the consumables required for carrying out TB Molecular testing within NHS Scotland.
About the supplier
Cepheid UK Limited: every public contract they have won.