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
- Supplier
- Catalent
- Value
- £192,482
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (CPV 33000000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 032980-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Apr 2026
- Published10 Apr 2026Published the same day
Description
The university intends to award the contract for the manufacture of drugs to support clinical studies. The drug manufacturer has a confidential disclosure agreement (CDA) with Catalent Nottingham in the UK.
About the supplier
Catalent: every public contract they have won.