Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Instrument Sets for NHNN Theatres - 1
Authority: University College London Hospitals NHS FT (Central government)
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£120,929published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 19 Nov 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Mercian Surgical Supply Co Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of Neurological Theatres Instruments and Sets
Value £145,114.20 inc.VAT
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Nov 2025, 11:11 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Nov 2025, 11:24 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-075138- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e424Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Further Following Competitive Procedure
- Published justification
UCLH are purchasing additional theatre instruments for their NHNN theatres. The contract is being directly awarded, under schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023.
Please see below justification for the direct award.
- These are additional theatre instrument sets, replacing worn or broken existing instruments or increasing the number of instrument sets to improve theatre workflows.
- These are highly specialist neurosurgical instruments, introducing alternatives which may be different would introduce inconsistencies and unnecessary clinical risks.
- Alternative instruments and instrument sets would introduce logistical challenges with the sterilisation and storage.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Nov 2025 → 28 Nov 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published343 days ago19 Nov 2025, 11:24 GMT
- Standstill ends334 days ago28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Nov 2025- Transparency notice published19 Nov 2025, 11:11 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published19 Nov 2025, 11:24 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £120,9291 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercian Surgical Supply Co LtdProvision of Instrument Sets for NHNN Theatres8 Dec 2025 – 2 Feb 2026 | £120,929 | 19 Nov 2025standstill to 28 Nov 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MERCIAN SURGICAL SUPPLY CO. LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender