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Contract award · 3 Dec 2024

Supply of Analyses for Suspected Thermal Battery Pack Investigation

Department for International Trade awarded “Supply of Analyses for Suspected Thermal Battery…” to Exponent for £18,000. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionResearch & developmentLondon

BuyerDepartment for International Trade
Value £18,000
WinnerExponent

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.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
Department for International Trade
Supplier
Exponent
Value
£18,000
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
Sector
Research & development · Design and execution of research and development (CPV 73300000)
Region
London
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Timeline
  1. Contract date3 Dec 2024
  2. Published20 Dec 2024Published 17 days after the contract date

Description

The requirement is for the appointment of a supplier to perform battery failure analyse and investigation in relation to the Cambridge e-bike investigation.

About the supplier

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