TenderlineUK
Procurement Intelligence
Official OCDS
Find a Tender
complete
Official procurement procedure

Laboratory Testing Services Agreement

Services provided by medical laboratories
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Department of Health and Social Care: "Laboratory Testing Services Agreement". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment of Health and Social CareScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department of Health and Social Care
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Department of Health and Social Care. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1Bids / Report (median)
54.4% of reports have one bid · Mean: 11.8 bids
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
Association of Directors of Adult Social ServicesTop vendor: 0.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 451 active published awards; 397 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable ValueAvg. Price Discount
Association of Directors of Adult Social Services3 wins£796,871—
IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT2 wins£2,476,885—
Thriva Limited1 win£124,400,000—
UK Biocentre Limited1 win£114,150,000—
Eurofins Biomnis UK Limited1 win£58,800,000—
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment of Health and Social Care
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published13 Jan 2021, 16:32 GMT
Last source update13 Jan 2021, 16:32 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationServices provided by medical laboratories
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-028a10
What is being bought
Provision of diagnostic (RT-PCR) testing for COVID-19
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    13 Jan 2021, 16:32 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    13 Jan 2021, 16:32 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    13 Jan 2021, 16:32 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Provision of diagnostic (RT-PCR) testing for COVID-19
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    13 Jan 2021, 16:32 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 15 Dec 2020, 00:00 GMT · £7,526,279
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Imperial College Projects Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£7,526,279 · signed 15 Dec 2020, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department of Health and Social Care

Contracting authority GB-FTS-43
View buyer profile

  • Department of Health and Social Care
    buyer

    39 Victoria Street, London, UKI32, SW1H 0EU
    Procurement.Operations@dhsc.gov.uk

  • Imperial College Projects Limited
    supplier

    09487272
    The Faculty Building Level 1 Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, UK, SW7 2AZ

  • The High Court
    reviewBody

    Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
No data
No linked documents are published
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleWithout the additional capacity that partner laboratories such as Imperial College London can provide, the Authority will fall short of meeting its capacity targets which are a key component of the Authority's measures for dealing with the pandemic. Failure to procure any additional laboratory capacity could lead to the existing Covid-19 testing infrastructure being overwhelmed by demand.Additional partner laboratories across the UK and internationally were considered, however were deemed inappropriate for reasons including but not limited to; limited available capacity, testing protocol and inability to meet required sample turnaround times.The Authority is satisfied that the tests permitting the use of the negotiated procedure without negotiation are met:1. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern as declared by the World Health Organisation on 30 January 2020. The WHO Director General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020.2. A key element of ensuring an effective response to the pandemic is ensuring that there is adequate testing capacity in the UK. Subsequently securing sufficient laboratory capacity in order to process test results is crucial.3. Specifically in relation to Regulation 32(2)(c):A. Increased laboratory capacity to increase the volume and fast turnaround of tests processed was identified as strictly necessary to meet the demand to scale up the testing programme in the UK.B. There are genuine reasons for extreme urgency: the Authority requires immediate laboratory capacity because of the public health risks in not having sufficient capacity. The situation is a genuine emergency.C. The events that have led to the need for extreme urgency were unforeseeable: The Commission itself confirmed: “The current coronavirus crisis presents an extreme and unforeseeable urgency – precisely for such a situation our European rules enable public buyers to buy within a matter of days, even hours, if necessary.” (Commissioner Breton, Internal Market, 01.04.2020).D. It is not possible to comply with the timescales of another procedure due to the urgent requirement to ensure the volume of laboratory testing capacity reflects with the necessary demand. E. The situation is not attributable to the contracting authority – DHSC has not done anything to cause or contribute to the need for extreme urgency