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Supply of Plant and associated Services

Medical equipments
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through the Cabinet Office: "Supply of Plant and associated Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through the Cabinet OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through the Cabinet Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
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Coverage: 12 active published awards; 12 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityThe Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through the Cabinet Office
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
Published12 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Last source update12 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMedical equipments
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-029b71
What is being bought
The Cabinet Office will contract with a supplier to procure plant machinery which can be utilised for the production of UK-compliant non-medical face coverings (and Type IIR medical-grade masks in extremis), which are required to support the national effort to combat Covid-19.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    12 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    12 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The Cabinet Office will contract with a supplier to procure plant machinery which can be utilised for the production of UK-compliant non-medical face coverings (and Type IIR medical-grade masks in extremis), which are required to support the national effort to combat Covid-19.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    12 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 20 Jul 2020, 00:00 BST · £1,639,650
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Crossgates Press Limited t/a DCR Machines
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Supply of Plant and associated Services
£1,639,650 · signed 20 Jul 2020, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through the Cabinet Office

Contracting authority GB-FTS-2663
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  • The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through the Cabinet Office
    buyer
    reviewBody

    1 Horse Guards Road, London, UK, SW1A 2HQ
    marketsandsuppliers@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
    +44 3150103503

  • Crossgates Press Limited t/a DCR Machines
    supplier

    07418266
    56 Austhorpe Road, Crossgates, Leeds, UK, LS15 8DX
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationale1. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern as declared by the World Health Organisation on 30 January 2020. The WHO Director-General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of 6 April 2020, scientific knowledge regarding the disease and its transmission is still emerging, however the WHO advises that COVID-19 transmission can occur via ‘infective respiratory droplets’ and wearing a mask represent one prevention measure that can limit the spread of viral diseases such as COVID-19. 2. In April 2020 the UK did not possess any face covering manufacturing capability and was reliant on securing supplies from overseas producers. Problems were experienced in obtaining reliable supplies of medical PPE-grade masks in a global market due to the disruption to the supply chain caused by the pandemic. There was a concern that insufficient volumes of non-medical masks would become available or, if available, they would be of inferior quality or charged at exorbitant prices. Analysis by Cabinet Office (CO) in late April 2020 highlighted that the average price of respirator masks was £3.14 (medical-grade) and Type IIR (medical-grade) was £0.67, whilst non-medical was £0.51 per unit. During a normal trading period the cost of a Type IIR mask would be approximately £0.05 per unit, sourced from China. 3. In April 2020 Cabinet Office (CO) considered it crucial in the public interest to source face covering production machinery in order to secure the UK’s domestic manufacturing capacity to: a. produce medical grade masks immediately (if necessary); b. create an immediate and reliable supply of high-quality non-medical face coverings at affordable prices for the domestic market; and c. create national resilience to supply chain shocks within a global market. This was because in April 2020 there was a considerable shortage of medical and non-medical PPE globally, there was real fear that items available would be impounded at boarders so domestic production was urgently required to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. 4. Accordingly, CO worked with the trade association for UK manufacturing to identify a supplier that was capable of providing machines which could make non-medical or medical-grade masks. Therefore the machines could be diverted to produce medical-grade masks for the NHS if necessary. 5. Therefore, an accelerated PCR procurement, was impossible. Any delay in engaging the market ran the risk of failing to secure production machinery (given the international demand for such equipment and the timelines involved in securing them). That would have caused knock-on delays to the production of face coverings in the required timeframe so undermining HMG efforts to mitigate Covid-19 risks in the UK. 6. Accordingly, CO purchased ten lines of production machines from Crossgates Press Limited t/a DCR Machines (DCR Machines). 7. CO is satisfied the tests permitting use of a direct award procedure (Regulation 32(2)(c)) are met (the explanation is set out in section VI.3 additional information):