Provision of Oral Swabs · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Public Health England

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£132,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 16 Mar 2020no call for competition

Awarded to Malvern Medical Developments Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Public Health England (PHE) has awarded a contract for the provision of saliva collection devices. The swabs will be used for testing the presence of a range of pathogens and suitable for the collection of crevicular fluid for laboratory processing. The procurement of these saliva collection devices will support work of PHE National Infections Service (NIS).

The contract is for 3 years with two options to extend by 12 months each.

CPV: Medical consumables

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

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: 19 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
Last source update: 19 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-003402
Classification (CPV): Medical consumables
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0294b2 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The contract opportunity was published through Contracts Finder as the expected value was £110,000. The value has unexpectedly increased due to the Covid pandemic and this notice has been issued for that reason.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £132,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 16 Mar 2020

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Malvern Medical Developments LtdPHE_Provision of oral swabs	£132,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

PHE_Provision of oral swabs · Malvern Medical Developments Ltd
Signed
16 Mar 2020
Value
£132,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Public Health England

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth Manor Farm Road, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK, SP2 0QTContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Malvern Medical Developments LtdAwarded supplier03505188 Unit 10 Northbrook Close, Barbourne, Worcester, UK, WR3 8BP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.