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Lateral Flow Testing

Miscellaneous health services
South East (UKJ11)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Bracknell Forest Borough Council: "Lateral Flow Testing". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBracknell Forest Borough CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Bracknell Forest Borough Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
3Bids / Report
17.6% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
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Coverage: 18 active published awards; 17 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBracknell Forest Borough Council
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
Published17 Feb 2021, 10:17 GMT
Last source update17 Feb 2021, 10:17 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMiscellaneous health services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ11)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0293c6
What is being bought
Staffing and logistics to deliver lateral flow testing (LFT) services within Bracknell Forest Borough. The contract is for a maximum period of 12 months, to a maximum value of £950,000.00.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Feb 2021, 10:17 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    17 Feb 2021, 10:17 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    17 Feb 2021, 10:17 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Staffing and logistics to deliver lateral flow testing (LFT) services for SARS-Cov-2 within Bracknell Forest Borough, commencing with 3 sites for phase 1. This will be provided through a high quality, accessible and equitable service for people who are asymptomatic. The supplier will: • Provide a free service to service-users at point of delivery • Undertake Lateral flow tests at sites specified by the council and within defined opening times • Deliver in line with the LFT Standard Operating Procedure, published by Department of Health & Social Care • Work in partnership with the Council to set up and management the site • Deliver a COVID-19 safe service with social distancing, personal protective equipment and face coverings • Deliver the service using appropriately trained staff, this will include a clinician onsite • Provide timely upload to the data collection website • Report on the number of tests taken daily for the initial two weeks, and move to weekly monitoring • Collect demographic data – sex, age, postcode and contact details of each individual tested • Advise the public on their test result and the need for whole household isolation and a confirmatory swab test (PCR test) in the case of a positive test • Provide daily reports on testing activity and % positive (moving to weekly after two weeks) • Deliver the service in line with appropriate clinical and information governance throughout the testing process. Contract is for a maximum period of 12 months, to a maximum value of £950,000.00.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Feb 2021, 10:17 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 28 Jan 2021, 00:00 GMT · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Solutions 4 Health Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 28 Jan 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
highestValidBidValue: 950000
lowestValidBidValue: 750000
bids: 1 (lot 1)
highestValidBidValue: 950000 (lot 1)
lowestValidBidValue: 750000 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-419
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  • Bracknell Forest Borough Council
    buyer

    Time Square, Market Street, Bracknell, UKJ11, RG12 1JD
    Procurement.Team@Bracknell-Forest.gov.uk
    +44 1344352000

  • Solutions 4 Health Ltd
    supplier

    Unit 1, Thames Court, 2 Richfield Avenue, READING, UKJ11, Berkshire

  • The High Court
    reviewBody

    Strand, LONDON, WC2 2LL
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationale1) The Covid-19 outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern declared by WHO on 30 January 2020. The WHO Director General characterised Covid-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. 2) An important element of ensuring an appropriate response is ensuring adequate testing and the Council is satisfied that the tests permitting use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication (Regulation 32(2)(c)) are met: (a) As far as is strictly necessary: The lateral flow tests were identified as strictly necessary to meet the demand to scale up the UK’s mass testing programme. (b) There are genuine reasons for extreme urgency: the global demand for rapid antigen detection tests based on lateral flow technology (lateral flow devices, LFD) has recently significantly increased. The Council has been instructed by Government to rapidly test the local population to assist in the reduction of the Covid-19 infection rate across the Borough. (c) The events that have led to the need for extreme urgency were unforeseeable: the timing of availability of new Covid-19 lateral flow test technology meeting the UK technical requirements combined with international demand and limited global capacity was not foreseeable. (d) It is impossible to comply with the usual timescales in the Public Contracts Regulations: it is not possible to comply with the timescales of another procedure due to the urgent requirement to ensure the provision of the lateral flow tests services within the Bracknell Forest Borough. (e) The situation is not attributable to the contracting authority – the Council has not done anything to cause or contribute to the need for extreme urgency.