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
- The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Preventx Limited SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Bacteriological analysis services (CPV 85111820)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 104628-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Nov 2026
- Published4 Nov 2026Published the same day
Description
STI Testing and referral service. Test kits are supplied for applicant completion and return for analysis. Results are transmitted to the applicant thereafter and referral to a clinic if required. This is an on-demand service - there is no commitment to test or referral quantities
About the supplier
Preventx Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06603066).