Cold Storage and Transportation

Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)

Awarded value£914,788published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Dec 2020no call for competition

Awarded to Roylance Pharma

What is being bought

Published requirement description

procurement of Cold Storage of positive Covid-19 samples for Scottish NHS Sequencing Services

CPV: Storage services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1This is a directly awarded contract between the Authority on behalf of NHS Scotland to…Awarded

This is a directly awarded contract between the Authority on behalf of NHS Scotland to meet the additional demands of the Scottish Health and Social Care sector during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

This award has been approved for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority in line with Regulation 33(1)(c) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Delivery: Scotland · NHS Scotland

63121100 Storage services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 3 Nov 2021, 10:45 GMT
Last source update: 3 Nov 2021, 10:45 GMT
Authority reference: NSSCOVID-19 -302
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-027516
Classification (CPV): Storage services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02f2ea Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: This is a directly awarded contract between the Authority on behalf of NHS Scotland to meet the additional demands of the Scottish Health and Social Care sector during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

Publisher note: Resource constraints due to COVID have resulted in delay of publication of this award notice (SC Ref:672397)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £914,7881 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Dec 2020

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Roylance PharmaSME	£914,788 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 027516-2021-NSSCOVID-19 -302-1 · Roylance PharmaSME
Signed
1 Dec 2020
Value
£914,788
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 0 electronic	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 9EBContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Sheriff Court HouseReview body EdinburghContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Roylance PharmaAwarded supplier BioCity Scotland, Bo'Ness Road, Newhouse, Scotland, ML1 5UHContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.