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Supportive Medicines - Alfentanil 25mg/50ml vial - Direct Award

Pharmaceutical products
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency: "Supportive Medicines - Alfentanil 25mg/50ml vial - Direct Award". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySecretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security AgencyScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
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Published history for Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency. 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
3.1Bids / Report
61% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 134 active published awards; 82 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthoritySecretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
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
Published17 Mar 2022, 17:15 GMT
Last source update17 Mar 2022, 17:15 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPharmaceutical products
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-032358
What is being bought
For the supply of Alfentanil 25mg/50ml solution for injection (ITU) in preparation for further waves of Covid 19 in Spring 2022.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Mar 2022, 17:15 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    17 Mar 2022, 17:15 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    17 Mar 2022, 17:15 GMT
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 managed the procurement on behalf of the UK Health Security Agency for the supply of Alfentanil 25mg/50ml solution for injection (ITU) in preparation for further waves of Covid 19 in Spring 2022. The contract was awarded on the behalf of UK Health Security Agency.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Mar 2022, 17:15 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 21 Feb 2022, 00:00 GMT · £1
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Hameln pharma ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£1 · signed 21 Feb 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency

Contracting authority GB-FTS-34582
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  • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
    buyer

    Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, UKI32, SW1P 3JR
    dhsc.covidmeds@dhsc.gov.uk

  • Hameln pharma ltd
    supplier

    01034697
    Unit C, Nexus, Gloucester Business Park, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Gloucester, UK, GL3 4AG

  • The High Court
    reviewBody

    Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
    generaloffice@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk
Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe supportive medicines stockpile was designed as a ‘one off’ build to target volumes of a defined range of critical products. However, ongoing concerns regarding the disease and additional waves have caused the Department to prepare for further waves of COVID-19 in Winter 2021/Spring 2022.<br/>The recent developments around the Omicron variant have prompted activation for additional volumes identified through the modelling as necessary to avoid complete stockout of some products through Winter 2021/Spring 2022.<br/>One of those critical products is Alfentanil which has seen markedly increased usage during the pandemic and the need to secure stock has become paramount. There is only one supplier in the market able to produce this strength of Alfentanil. Accordingly, the Contracting Authority used the negotiated procedure without prior publication route to make a Direct Award on the basis of Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) – Competition is absent for technical reasons – permitted under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) to conduct this procurement.