Published date: 12 March 2021

Last edited date: 19 April 2021

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


Closing: 1 July 2020, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical equipments - 33100000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£1,639,650

Procurement reference

CO/FC/PLANT/DCR/05-2020

Published date

12 March 2021

Closing date

1 July 2020

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

20 July 2020

Contract end date

21 January 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other: Award of a public services contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below (please complete Annex D1)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

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.

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Additional text

The text below is a continuation of paragraph 7 of Annex D1

a. There are genuine reasons for extreme urgency: CO has responded to Covid-19 immediately due to public health risks presenting a genuine emergency. The DCR Machines possess the capability to produce Type IIR face masks, which could be utilised by the NHS in extremis, therefore providing domestic resilience during the crisis.
b. The events that have led to the need for extreme urgency were unforeseeable: The European Commission (Commissioner Breton - April 2020) has confirmed that the coronavirus crisis presents an extreme and unforeseeable urgency.
c. It is impossible to comply with the usual timescales in the PCR: There was no time to run an accelerated procurement under the open, restricted or competitive procedures with negotiation that would allow CO to secure production machinery in the immediate term. That is particularly so in light of the likely delays to any procurement timeline - for example, drafting the technical documents required for the ITT stage - and the operational and commercial risks that would arise due to the delays.
d. The situation is not attributable to the Contracting Authority: It has not done anything to cause or contribute to the need for extreme urgency.
e. As far as is strictly necessary: The UK did not have suitable machinery available at the time the DCR Machines were purchased leaving the UK vulnerable should other countries have embargoed such machinery or medical and non-medical grade face coverings. A critical factor behind the selection of the DCR machines was they had the shortest lead time amongst available options, from point of purchase to delivery of the plant machinery in the UK.

Award information

Awarded date

24 July 2020

Contract start date

24 July 2020

Contract end date

31 July 2021

Total value of contract

£1,639,650

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Crossgates Press Limited t/a DCR Machines

Address

56 Austhorpe Road
Crossgates
Leeds
LS15 8DX

Reference

Companies House number: 07418266

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Address

1 Horse Guards Road
London
SW1A 2HQ
England

Email

marketsandsuppliers@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office