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
- UK Shared Business Services Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Science Suite Inc T/A BioRender
- Value
- £12,792.02
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Jul 2026
- Published5 Aug 2026Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** UK Research and Innovation had a requirement for the provision of Software Licences. This has been sourced via a competitive quotation procedure (below threshold).
About the supplier
Science Suite Inc T/A BioRender: every public contract they have won.