Official UK procurement notice
Supportive Medicines - Alfentanil 25mg/50ml vial - Direct Award
Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFor the supply of Alfentanil 25mg/50ml solution for injection (ITU) in preparation for further waves of Covid 19 in Spring 2022.
CPV: Pharmaceutical products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Department of Health and Social Care managed the procurement on behalf of the UK…Awarded
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.
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
- 17 Mar 2022, 17:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Mar 2022, 17:15 GMT
- Authority reference
CM / EMI / 21/ C59263- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-007358- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032358Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The 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.
Publisher note: Information on contract value is being withheld due to commercial sensitivity under Regulation 50(6)(b) and (c) as the publication of the price may enable competitors to calculate cost per vial. This will (i) commercially prejudice the contracting authority in its commercial dealings with other suppliers; and (ii) impact fair competition between suppliers.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| hameln pharma ltd | £1 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 007358-2022-1 · hameln pharma ltd
- Signed
- 21 Feb 2022
- Value
- £1
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Hameln pharma ltdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.