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 Glasgow · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Clark Dental Equipment Systems Ltd SME
- Value
- £185,670
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Dental and subspecialty instruments and devices (CPV 33130000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 090995-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Sep 2026
- Published25 Sep 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
PURCH3050 - PPE1005102 Direct Award for the Provision of Dental Haptics for UG Teaching. For the duration of 12 months. The Dental School seeks support to deliver a modern, innovative and comprehensive enhancement of undergraduate dental education through a coherent upgrade of technology enhanced learning and teaching via simulation and digital dentistry. These haptic units will deliver high fidelity, force feedback training with objective analytics and enhance the student experience through more hands-on time. Internal Procurement Policy Exception (PPE) Form completed.
About the supplier
Clark Dental Equipment Systems Ltd: every public contract they have won.