Import and Customs Clearance for the Moderna Vaccine into the UK

Official notice

Authority: Business Energy and Industrial Strategy

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£1published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Apr 2021no call for competition

Awarded to Kuehne+Nagel Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Import and customs clearance for the Moderna vaccine into the UK.

CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Procured via Framework RM6074 Lot 8 - Logistics and Warehousing Solutions, Design and…Awarded

Procured via Framework RM6074 Lot 8 - Logistics and Warehousing Solutions, Design and Support Services.

Delivery: UK

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: 4 May 2021, 18:07 BST
Last source update: 4 May 2021, 18:07 BST
Authority reference: 5025/04/2021
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-009622
Classification (CPV): Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02ad07 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons; 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: Our position, after reviewing the advice from counsel, is that under the unforeseen current global public health crisis there is a strong argument that the direct award of a contract with Kuehne & Nagel Ltd is compliant with current PCR regulations in respect to section 32(2)(c).
Additionally Kuehne & Nagel Ltd are the only supplier which can facilitate the importation of the product which is a permissible direct award reason under RM6074 Lot 8, and is also compliant under PCR section 32(2)(b)(ii).

Publisher note: Information on contract value is being withheld due to commercial sensitivity under Regulation 50(6)(b).

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £11 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Apr 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Kuehne+Nagel Ltd	£1 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Import and Customs Clearance for the Moderna Vaccine into the UK · Kuehne+Nagel Ltd
Signed
1 Apr 2021
Value
£1
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Business Energy and Industrial Strategy

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services 1 Victoria Street, London, UK, SW1H0ETContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Department of Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Kuehne Nagel LtdAwarded supplier Heathrow South Cargo Centre, Girling Way, Feltham, UK, TW14 0PH

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.