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
- University of Bath (the) · University
- Supplier
- Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd
- Value
- £95,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Mass spectrometer (CPV 38433100)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 079678-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Dec 2025
- Published4 Dec 2025Published the same day
Description
One off purchase of a Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer. Additional information: Further Competition on LAB1029 AP - Mass Spectrometry & Chromatography Equipment (Framework)
About the supplier
Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08815891).