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Published 23 Jun 2021, 10:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply, delivery of Altona Assay for SARS-CoV2 Testing

Official notice

Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£1,200,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 18 Mar 2020no call for competition
Awarded to Altona Diagnostics UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Contract will cover the supply, delivery of Altona Diagnostic UK Limited’s Assay to NHS Scotland.

CPV: Laboratory reagents

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1It is proposed that National Procurement Establish a Single Supplier Framework with…Awarded

It is proposed that National Procurement Establish a Single Supplier Framework with that will cover the supply and delivery of the Altona Assay. Under the Negotiated procedure without call to competition, based on situation of extreme emergency (exert below from regulations):

The Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016 Scottish Statutory Instruments 2016 No. 145 PART 3 Regulation 6

Circumstances in which a contract can be awarded without competition

  1. - (1) A contracting authority may award a public contract without seeking offers in relation to the proposed contract

—(c) where (but only if it is strictly necessary) for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the authority considers it must proceed to award a contract without delay;

Delivery: Scotland · Scotland

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
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
23 Jun 2021, 10:35 BST
Last source update
23 Jun 2021, 10:35 BST
Authority reference
NP865/19
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-014282
Classification (CPV)
Laboratory reagents
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02bf3d Find 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

It is proposed that National Procurement Establish a Single Supplier Framework with that will cover the supply and delivery of the Altona Assay. Under the Negotiated procedure without call to competition, based on situation of extreme emergency (exert below from regulations):

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:

An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.

Publisher note: Resource constraints due to COVID have resulted in delay of publication of this award notice. (SC Ref:658109)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,200,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Mar 2020
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Altona Diagnostics UK Ltd£1,200,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 0 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 9EBContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sheriff Court HouseReview body EdinburghContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Altona Diagnostics UK LtdAwarded supplier 1 Saint Pauls Square, Liverpool, North West, L3 9SJContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.