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
- Value
- £1
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Vaccines (CPV 33651600)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 065762-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Oct 2025
- Published16 Oct 2025Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
Contract for the supply of human papillomavirus vaccine to be used as part of the national immunisation programme. Deliveries will be required for a four year period from December 2025. Additional information: Value - The contract value is withheld from publication pursuant to regulation 50(6)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) so as not to prejudice the legitimate commercial interest of the supplier.
About the supplier
Merck Sharpe and Dohme (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00233687).