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
- Bates Office Services SME
- Value
- £880,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Furniture & domestic appliances · Office furniture (CPV 39130000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 035817-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Jun 2025
- Published27 Jun 2025Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
Furniture for NHSBT Staff Sites and Remote Working
About the supplier
Bates Office Services: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03352929).