Official UK procurement notice
End to End Home Antibody Testing Service
Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDHSC is looking for a supplier to provide a comprehensive, end-to-end capillary blood testing service to detect the presence of antibodies generated against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in the blood. This is the only at-home testing capability not drawing on resource intensive phlebotomy and NHS capacity.Serology testing is central to understanding the spread of infections across communities and informing strategic and policy directions to limit transmission. DHSC has been undertaking antibody testing since May 2020 on a relatively small scale to monitor spread of disease in a number of key cohorts including adult social care and health care workers. Surveillance testing is required over a longer period of time to develop insights and allow for more robust understanding of localised long-term trends, providing data to help inform policy decisions.
CPV: Health services · Services provided by medical laboratories
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Open procedureRenewalPublished value£98,000,000
Open procedure. Additional information: The estimated value set out in this notice reflects the maximum expected value of the contract over its term. However, bidders should note that this value is dependent on volumes processed under the contract which are subject to fluctuation. In addition, bidders should note the potential for changes to volumes in accordance with the specific change mechanisms set out in the contract documents."
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How this buyer will score bids.
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- Economic & financial standing
Selection criteria is set out in the tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
Selection criteria is set out in the tender documentation
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Mar 2021, 15:16 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Mar 2021, 15:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Apr 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-006549- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a106Find a Tender
- Performance terms
Included in the KPI and MI requirements of the tender detailed in the documentation
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://health.atamis.co.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 29 Apr 2021, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 29 Apr 2021, 15:00 BST
Timeline
30 Mar 2021 → 29 Apr 2021 · 3 dates- Notice published30 Mar 2021, 15:16 BST
- Submission deadline29 Apr 2021, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened29 Apr 2021, 15:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.