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
- Open University(the) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Teledyne UK Limited
- Value
- £420,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Detection apparatus (CPV 38431000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Jun 2025
- Published30 Jun 2025Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
The Open University is procuring specialist hardware from a third party provider. This award notice is regarding phase 2 of the two phases detailed in the VEAT notice 2024/S 000-006505- published in February 2024. Phase 2: Subject to successful outcomes from Phase 1, a subsequent contract for the procurement of flight-quality devices for inclusion on final I-MIM mission instrument. Procurement of two CHROMA-D 2Kx512 SWIR EM Detectors. Negotiated without a prior call for competition. The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons Explanation: Based on the use requirement of the final product, The OU requires a space-qualified combined visible-infrared detector for delivery within the funded timeframe of the project. Due to the time constraints of the project only existing "off the shelf" technology is required, any products still within the development phase or where a custom …
About the supplier
Teledyne UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00432014).