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
- Department for Business & Trade · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- UL VS Limited
- Value
- £70,000
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Technical testing services (CPV 71632000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Apr 2025
- Published11 Apr 2025Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
The Department for Business and Trade has awarded a contract for the testing of gas hobs against Regulation (EU) 2016/426 and The Gas Appliances (Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018. The Contract includes an optional three month time only extension.
About the supplier
UL VS Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02117901).