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
- Launch Diagnostics Limited SME
- Value
- £292,344
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical consumables (CPV 33140000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 054279-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Jun 2026
- Published9 Jun 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
UKHSA Framework Direct Award
About the supplier
Launch Diagnostics Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02427295).