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
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Speciality Oxygen Services SME
- Value
- £115,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Chemicals · Medical gases (CPV 24111500)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 102178-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Oct 2026
- Published28 Oct 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Supply of Medical Gases (Oxygen) to MF&RS. Additional information: Contrract was a direct award utilising SBS NHS Framework agreement Ref: SBS10526 Lot 1: Medical gases in cylinders Supply of cylinders containing a range of medical gases to approved organisations
About the supplier
Speciality Oxygen Services: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01022727).