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
- Cardiff University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Thermo Fisher Scientific SME
- Value
- £449,920.58
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Data-transmission equipment (CPV 32260000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 062467-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Sep 2025
- Published6 Oct 2025Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
Cardiff University is using LAB1029 AP Mass Spectrometry & Chromatography Equipment to purchase Sector Field HR-ICP-MS and ICP-OES
About the supplier
Thermo Fisher Scientific: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00441506).