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 Strathclyde · Body governed by public law
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · E-learning services (CPV 80420000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 084582-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2025
- Published18 Dec 2025Published 78 days after the contract date
Description
Chemical Abstracts Service - SciFinder. Additional information: For clarity - the contract reference noted in the VEAT notice and in II.1.1 was inaccurate. The correct contract reference number is UOS-39278-S-2025.
About the supplier
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society: every public contract they have won.