Official UK procurement notice
Home Antibody Testing Service
Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo 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
CPV: Health services · Services provided by medical laboratories
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£98,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Price
- 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
- Awarded
- 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
- 31 Mar 2021, 10:05 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Jul 2021, 14:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Apr 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-017209- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a13dFind 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
29 Apr 2021 → 21 Jul 2021 · 3 dates- Submission deadline29 Apr 2021, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened29 Apr 2021, 15:00 BST
- Notice published21 Jul 2021, 14:09 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete21 Jul 2021, 14:09 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Contract periodEnd date · II.2.7.4 | 29 Apr 2021 | 30 Apr 2021 | +1 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thriva | £124,400,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 017209-2021-1 · Thriva
- Signed
- 5 Jul 2021
- Value
- £124,400,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Thriva LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.