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
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- University of Portsmouth
- Value
- £49,125
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Research & development · Marine research services (CPV 73112000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Oct 2026
- Published21 Oct 2026Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
This is to provide desk-based research into previous wash ups of marine organisms on beaches around the United Kingdom to provide an improved understanding and collated information on species or groups of species that are reported to wash up on UK shores as part of the Coastal and marine health programme.
About the supplier
University of Portsmouth: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06030986).