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
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Karl Storz Endoscopy (UK) Limited SME
- Value
- £378,836.54
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Endoscopy, endosurgery devices (CPV 33168000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 074651-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Oct 2025
- Published18 Nov 2025Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
Integrated endoscopy system for theatres 33 & 34
About the supplier
Karl Storz Endoscopy (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC151965).