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
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Northstar Scientific Ltd SME
- Value
- £17,499
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Medical software package (CPV 48180000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Jan 2026
- Published3 Feb 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
BIO-UV spectrophotometer
About the supplier
Northstar Scientific Ltd: every public contract they have won.