Who Won It

Contract award · 9 Oct 2026

PURCH2989 - PPE1005198 Direct Award for the Provision of Magnetic Wafer Prober

University of Glasgow awarded “Direct Award for the Provision of Magnetic Wafer Prober” to Hprobe for £254k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionLaboratory & precision equipmentScotland

BuyerUniversity of Glasgow
Value £254k
WinnerHprobe SME

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.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
University of Glasgow · Body governed by public law
Supplier
Hprobe SME
Value
£253,500
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Laboratory & precision equipment · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (CPV 38000000)
Region
Scotland
Official notice
099962-2026 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date9 Oct 2026
  2. Published22 Oct 2026Published 13 days after the contract date

Description

PURCH2989 - PPE1005198 Direct Award for the Provision of Magnetic Wafer Prober Provision of a tailored made magnetic wafer prober with specific magnetic generator characteristics. Internal Procurement Policy Exception (PPE) Form completed. Justification: Regulations 2015-33 (1) (b) (ii)Technical Reasons For a maximum period of 12 months.

About the supplier

  • Hprobe: every public contract they have won.

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