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
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Oxford Diagnostic Laboratories SME
- Value
- £84,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pathology services (CPV 85111800)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 091867-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Sep 2026
- Published29 Sep 2026Published the same day
Description
GHFT are looking to secure T-Spot Testing for patients as this kind of testing are better at picking up infections in patients with reduced/compromised immune system. This will be on a cost and volume basis. <br/>The award has been awarded under the Provider Selection Regime Direct Award A as Oxfordshire Diagnostics are the only provider of this test. <br/>The lifetime of the contract value is £84,000 for around 2100 tests per year from 1sr April 2026 - 31st March 2027
About the supplier
Oxford Diagnostic Laboratories: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07309977).