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
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Keysight Technologies UK Ltd
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Calibration services (CPV 50433000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 064113-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Sep 2025
- Published10 Oct 2025Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
Babcock Land Defence Ltd, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence, has awarded a contract with Keysight Technologies UK Limited for The Repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site) Calibration Items. for a period of 2 years with the option of a further 1 year. The estimated total contract value is not to exceed £1M.
About the supplier
Keysight Technologies UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03809903).