Published date: 30 December 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 April 2020, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical kits - 33141620

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£352,000

Procurement reference

tender_260404/915218

Published date

30 December 2020

Closing date

1 April 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The UK Government must protect the health and wellbeing of UK citizens. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) 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.

PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004). This urgent requirement is in response to the recent COVID -19 outbreak.

The negotiated procedure without a prior publication has been used due to extreme urgency on the grounds of regulation 32(2)(c) as the purchase of RapiPREP Nucleic Acid Extraction Kit for Extractions and RapiPREP Viral Lysis Buffer for Swabs will provide additional lab capacity for Covid-19 activity.

More information

Additional text

The contract with Supplier was signed on 21 December 2020; however, purchases have been made since the beginning of the pandemic from 1 April 2020 for Covid-19 activities.

Award information

Awarded date

21 December 2020

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£500,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

MICROSENSDX LIMITED

Address

2 Royal College Street, London, England, NW1 0NH

Reference

Companies House number: 03797261

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Nirula Sethi

Address

Manor Farm Road, Porton Down
Salisbury
SP2 0QT
England

Telephone

020 8327 6676

Email

nirula.sethi@phe.gov.uk