Provision of Postal Testing Kits to Allow Testing for COVID19

Official notice

Authority: Public Health England

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Administration, defence and social security services (75) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£500,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 19 Mar 2020no call for competition

Awarded to Saving Lives

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Postal Testing Kits to Allow Testing for COVID19

CPV: Administrative healthcare services

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: Services
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: 29 Jan 2021, 22:56 GMT
Last source update: 29 Jan 2021, 22:56 GMT
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-001913
Classification (CPV): Administrative healthcare services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-028ecf Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Single Tender Action. The product was already in use and approved by the Department of Health and Social Care and the urgency of the Pandemic caused us to award a contract without prior competition.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 19 Mar 2020

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Saving Lives	£500,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 001913-2021-1 · Saving Lives
Signed
19 Mar 2020
Value
£500,000
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 Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London, UK, SE1 8UGContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Saving LivesAwarded supplier Hoddesdon, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.