Official UK procurement notice
PHE_Scientific_Provision for purchase of various bespoke Covid-19 surveillance kits
Authority: Public Health England
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis single tender action request is for the purpose of procuring various bespoke COVID-19 kits for COVID-19 surveillance studies which the Immunisation and Countermeasures department has been instructed to undertake by PHE and DHSC.
The kits will be used for public health surveillance studies in educational settings, care homes, cruise ships, community
settings, public health research studies
CPV: Diagnostic kits · Medical kits
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Goods
- 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
- 21 Jan 2021, 23:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Jan 2021, 23:08 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001293- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028c63Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
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
The Government must protect the health and well-being 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 Jan 2020. The WHO Director General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 Mar 2020.
PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004). This urgent requirement is in response to the recent COVID -19 outbreak. A direct award has been made due to extreme urgency under current public procurement regulations using regulation 32(2)(c) for the purpose of procuring various bespoke COVID-19 kits for COVID-19 surveillance studies which the Immunisation and Countermeasures department has been instructed to undertake by PHE and DHSC.
The kits will be used for public health surveillance studies in educational settings, care homes, cruise ships, community settings, public health research studies
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danvers International LimitedSME | £334,320 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001293-2021-1 · Danvers International LimitedSME
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2020
- Value
- £334,320
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Danvers InternationalAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.