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
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Agilent Technologies UK Ltd
- Value
- £98,574.17
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Research, testing and scientific technical simulator (CPV 38970000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 May 2025
- Published2 May 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Synthetic Chemistry needs fit for purpose Analytical instrumentation to replace aging and time-expired equipment. The current LC-MS, which is a key analytical and purification capability, is out-dated and has experienced increasing failure rate. It is in need of modernising as a part of developing Synthetic Chemistry's internal analytical capability
About the supplier
Agilent Technologies UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08815891).