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
- University Of Edinburgh · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £3,949,952.40
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical consumables (CPV 33140000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 031424-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Mar 2026
- Published7 Apr 2026Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
The University of Edinburgh intends to award a contract to Oxford Nanopore Technologies due to competition being absent for technical reasons. The University has selected Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) as the supplier for a sequencing program of work as they are the only supplier who can meet the project target of sequencing long DNA sequences of varying lengths while detecting native modifications, allowing like-for-like variant and DNA methylation comparison against saliva DNA controls from equivalent European genetic ancestry, by extending a previous successful pilot study with processes leading to more rapid sample results such as terminating sequencing once desired coverage is achieved, and doing so with sufficiently high throughput that is required within the timescale of the project which is 1 year. The contract is specifically for the purchase of consumables and the 12-month servicing of equipment and the specific justification is as follows: Oxford Nanopore Technologies i…
About the supplier
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05386273).