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
- NHS Blood and Transplant · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £29,800,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Blood analysers (CPV 38434520)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Oct 2025
- Published28 Oct 2025Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
Microbiology & Serology Testing
About the suppliers
Abbott Laboratories Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00329102).
Roche Diagnostics Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00571546).