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
- Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Merrick and Company UK Limited SME
- Value
- £1,379,311
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Design consultancy services (CPV 79415200)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 063215-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Sep 2025
- Published8 Oct 2025Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of Design Validation, HAZOP and HAZID Subject Matter Expertise and Professional Services for the Science Hub Programme for Site wide requirements (Science, Estates, Facilities, and Technology)
About the supplier
Merrick and Company UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07681401).