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
- Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited SME
- Value
- £690,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical consumables (CPV 33140000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 058491-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Jun 2026
- Published22 Jun 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
The contract has been awarded via direct award under an established NHS Supply Chain framework agreement, where the supplier was determined to meet the authority’s requirements in accordance with the framework’s direct award criteria.
About the supplier
Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00852702).