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
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £150,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Services provided by medical laboratories (CPV 85145000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 078071-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Aug 2026
- Published17 Aug 2026Published 13 days after the contract date
Description
Referral of virology specimens and provision of clinical support for virology testing and interpretation of results. Service is part of an on-going agreement within the Cheshire and Merseyside network.
About the supplier
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT: every public contract they have won.