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
- South Lanarkshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Edinburgh Scientific Services SME
- Value
- £482,409.15
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Environmental quality control services (CPV 90714500)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 097155-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Aug 2026
- Published14 Oct 2026Published 68 days after the contract date
Description
Following the closure of an Open tender exercise, the Council received one submission from the incumbent service provider. Upon review of the commercial submission, issues were identified and the bid was deemed non-compliant. A joint decision was made by the Procurement Service and Environmental Services to proceed with a negotiated procedure, following the failure of the previous procurement exercise. The award of this contract under the Negotiated Tendering Procedure can be justified under Standing Order 9.3.1(a) of the Council’s Standing Orders on Contracts as follows: Where as a result of the publication of a contract notice no tender, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate or no suitable requests to participate has been received provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered. Consequently, this approach represents the most appropriate route to market, ensuring the continued provision of Scientific Testing Services while demonstrating B…
About the supplier
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