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Supply of Colchicine

Pharmaceutical products
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Department of Health and Social Care: "Supply of Colchicine". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment of Health and Social CareScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department of Health and Social Care
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Department of Health and Social Care. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
11.8Bids / Report
54.4% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 451 active published awards; 397 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment of Health and Social Care
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published7 Apr 2021, 17:02 BST
Last source update7 Apr 2021, 17:02 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPharmaceutical products
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02a354
What is being bought
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has awarded a contract for the supply of Colchicine for Covid-19.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 Apr 2021, 17:02 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    7 Apr 2021, 17:02 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    7 Apr 2021, 17:02 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The Department of Health and Social Care conducted a negotiated procedure without prior publication under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) for the supply of Colchicine 500mcg tablets. The contract period expires on 12 April 2021.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    7 Apr 2021, 17:02 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  5. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  6. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  7. Contract active
    Signed 8 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · £222,480
  8. Contract active
    Signed 8 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · £174,350
  9. Contract active
    Signed 8 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · £9,940
  10. Contract active
    Signed 8 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · £154,500
  11. Contract active
    Signed 8 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · £50,297
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Accord-UK Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
HFA Healthcare Products Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc
Not published · Not published · active
Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Vertical Pharma Resources Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£222,480 · signed 8 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract
£174,350 · signed 8 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract
£9,940 · signed 8 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract
£154,500 · signed 8 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract
£50,297 · signed 8 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 5 (lot 1)
bids: 5 (lot 1)
bids: 5 (lot 1)
bids: 5 (lot 1)
bids: 5 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department of Health and Social Care

Contracting authority GB-FTS-43
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  • Department of Health and Social Care
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    39 Victoria Street, London, UKI32, SW1H 0EU
    Simeon.Hadebe@dhsc.gov.uk

  • Accord-UK Ltd
    supplier

    00079585
    Whiddon Valley, Barnstaple, Devon, UK, EX32 8NS

  • HFA Healthcare Products Limited
    supplier

    09208084
    Studios 13,15, 22 & 24, 50-54 St Pauls Square, Birmingham, UK, B3 1QS

  • Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd
    supplier

    02277762
    5 Pavilion Way, Loughborough, UK, LE11 5GW

  • Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc
    supplier

    01561802
    HD House, Imperial Way, Watford, UK, WD24 4BB

  • The High Court
    reviewBody

    Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
    generaloffice@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk

  • Vertical Pharma Resources Limited
    supplier

    06077026
    41 Central Avenue, West Molesey, Surrey, UK, KT8 2QZ
Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
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Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) gave rise to an extremely urgent need for the Authority to purchase a quantity of Colchicine because the Authority needs to be in a position to treat the population as required such that did not give the Authority sufficient time to comply with the standard Open Procedure time scales for this procurement. Accordingly, the Authority used the negotiated procedure without prior publication – Regulation 32(2)(c) – Extreme Urgency Route (i.e. direct award) permitted under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) to conduct this procurement. It was imperative to maintain security of supply for public health purposes in the face of high global demand. In these circumstances, a procurement following the usual timescales under the PCR 2015, including accelerated options, was not feasible in order for the DHSC to secure the urgent supply of the Colchicine.