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title: "PHE_Purchase of RapiPREP Nucleic Acid Extraction Kit"
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# PHE_Purchase of RapiPREP Nucleic Acid Extraction Kit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/phe-purchase-of-rapiprep-nucleic-acid-extraction-kit-ocds-h6vhtk-029454). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Public Health England: "PHE_Purchase of RapiPREP Nucleic Acid Extraction Kit". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Public Health England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/public-health-england-nhs-x25)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Medical kits
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029454`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/phe-purchase-of-rapiprep-nucleic-acid-extraction-kit-ocds-h6vhtk-029454#tl-md)

## Description
The UK Government must protect the health and wellbeing of UK citizens. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) 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.
PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004). This urgent requirement is in response to the recent COVID -19 outbreak.
The negotiated procedure without a prior publication has been used due to extreme urgency on the grounds of regulation 32(2)(c) as the purchase of RapiPREP Nucleic Acid Extraction Kit for Extractions and RapiPREP Viral Lysis Buffer for Swabs will provide additional lab capacity for Covid-19 activity.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Purchase of RapiPREP Nucleic Acid Extraction Kit for Extractions and RapiPREP Viral Lysis Buffer for Swabs to provide additional lab capacity for Covid-19 activity.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** PHE_Purchase of RapiPREP Nucleic Acid Extraction Kit (active)
  - Award id: `003309-2021-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Microsensdx Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-6080`
  - Value: £500,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** PHE_Purchase of RapiPREP Nucleic Acid Extraction Kit (active)
  - Signed Value: £500,000
  - Signed Date: 21/12/2020

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003309-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-02-18T22:56:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T23:15:04.919Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029454