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
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Takeda UK Ltd
- Value
- £47,898,609
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Pharmaceutical products (CPV 33600000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 061528-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Jun 2026
- Published1 Jul 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
The Framework Agreement is for the supply of Vedolizumab (Entyvio®) to NHS Scotland. The Authority has awarded this Framework as a single supplier framework per line to one (1) Framework Participant.
About the supplier
Takeda UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03362860).