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
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Bruker UK Limited SME
- Value
- £167,702.50
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Analysers (CPV 38434000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 031836-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Mar 2026
- Published8 Apr 2026Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of Maldi Tof Analyser via NHS Supply Chain National Framework<br/>Agreement for Lab Diagnostics POCT & Managed Services.<br/>Contract Reference Number: 2023/S 000-001309. Additional information: Purchase of Maldi Tof Analyser via NHS Supply Chain National Framework<br/>Agreement for Lab Diagnostics POCT & Managed Services.<br/>Contract Reference Number: 2023/S 000-001309
About the supplier
Bruker UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00923986).