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
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Merrick and Company UK Limited SME
- Value
- £7,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Technical services (CPV 71356000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 054859-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Jun 2026
- Published10 Jun 2026Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
The Lots are:<br/><br/>NBC Technical Assurance Partner, with an estimated contract value of £18,300,000<br/><br/>Weybridge DgP Technical Assurance and High Containment Services, with an estimated contract value of £7,000,000<br/><br/>One contract is awarded for each Lot.<br/><br/>This contract provides specialist support to the Client (Defra group Property) in the development of containment requirements, provide design reviews, review and/ or write User Requirements Specification (URS)/ User Requirements Brief (URB) for specialist equipment, conduct safety assessments, create and manage documentation, attend testing, provide operational support, perform facility surveys, review technical responses, and manage commissioning for all biocontainment levels up to ACDP2 & ACDP 3/SAPO 4. Additional information: DPS procurement<br/>Agreement IDRM6242 Start date03/11/2021 End date23/02/2029<br/>Filtering categories: Laboratory advisory services, Life sciences, Laboratories, Life Sciences
About the supplier
Merrick and Company UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07681401).