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
- The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Elementar UK Ltd SME
- Value
- £69,440.25
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Laboratory services (CPV 71900000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 082667-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Dec 2025
- Published12 Dec 2025Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
Call off from the framework Direct Award, to highest ranked supplier through Lot 3 of LAB2010 NE Life Sciences Equipment, Materials & Services Framework.
About the supplier
Elementar UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06436978).