TB Testing · UK public procurement notice

CPV: Blood analysis services

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

Services

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

24 Apr 2025, 14:32 BST

Last source update

24 Apr 2025, 14:32 BST

Authority reference

85111810-1

FTS notice number

2025/S 000-016805

Classification (CPV)

Blood analysis services

Delivery area

South East (UKJ)

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

There are limited occasions where relevant authorities may need to act urgently and award or modify contracts to address immediate risks to patient or public safety.

These circumstances include where:

• a new service needs to be arranged rapidly in an unforeseen emergency or local, regional or

national crisis, e.g., to deal with a pandemic

• urgent quality/safety concerns pose risks to patients or the public and necessitate rapid

changes

• an existing provider is suddenly unable to provide services under an existing contract (for

example, a provider becomes insolvent or experiences a sudden lack of critical workforce)

and a new provider needs to be found.

THE CIRCUMSTANCES ABOVE ARE MET.

In urgent situations, relevant authorities may make the following decisions without following

the steps required under this regime:

• re-award contracts held by the existing provider(s)
• award contract(s) for new services
• award contract(s) for considerably changed services
• make contract modifications (without limitation).

THE SECOND BULLET POINT ABOVE IS REQUIRED IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE.

An urgent award or modification must only be made by a relevant authority when all the

below apply:

• the award or modification must be made urgently
• the reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and is not attributable to the relevant

authority

• delaying the award of the contract to conduct a full application of the regime would be

likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety.

THE CIRCUMSTANCES ABOVE ARE MET.

justification for using the urgent circumstances exemption:

The current service providers for TB do not have capacity for community screening of more than 10 patients in any one episode of active TB. The urgency is to the infectious nature of TB and the educational establishment being a college with high levels of pupil staff and potentially visitor throughput. It

is imperative that the identified cohort are tested as soon as possible to reduce risk of wider spread.

Publisher note: This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Surrey Heartland ICB, as a relevant authority, considers that the award of this service is urgent due to the high risk of spread of TB infection The service is required to undertake blood tests to screen a group of individuals, identified by UKSHA, as being at risk of TB infection due to educational locality contact. The contract is for a single day, 23rd April 2024. Decisions makers for this contract are: Clinical recommendation from UK Health Security Agency Ruth Acott. Surrey Heartlands ICB personnel: Clare Stone, ICS Director of Multi-Professional Leadership and Chief Nursing Officer No conflicts of interest or potential conflicts of interest were identified amongst those making the decision to award. The current service providers for TB do not have capacity for community screening of more than 10 patients in any one episode of active TB. The urgency is to the infectious nature of TB and the educational establishment being a college with high levels of pupil and staff (and potentially visitor) throughput. It is imperative that the identified cohort are tested as soon as possible to reduce risk of wider spread.

• RevvityAwarded supplierGB-COH: 04418157 143 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, South East, OX14 4SE

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