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
- Arco Limited
- Value
- £170,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Clothing & footwear · Occupational clothing (CPV 18110000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 043052-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Jul 2025
- Published25 Jul 2025Published the same day
Description
PPE for NHSBT staff
About the supplier
Arco Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00133804).