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
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Southern Scientific Limited SME
- Value
- £605,500
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Security, fire & defence equipment · Nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological protection equipment (CPV 35113200)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 058396-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jun 2026
- Published22 Jun 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
For the Provision of Radiation Portal Monitors to provide radiation monitoring of the public when attending the Fire Service mass decontamination capability after a radiation dispersal event.
About the supplier
Southern Scientific Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01800317).