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
- Metropolitan Police Service · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Abbott Toxicology Limited
- Value
- £246,902.40
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Clinical forensics equipment and supplies (CPV 33950000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 103837-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Oct 2026
- Published2 Nov 2026Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
Drug test kits and lab confirmations
About the supplier
Abbott Toxicology Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05396234).