Published date: 12 March 2021

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


Closing: 1 July 2020, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical equipments - 33100000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£3,797,324.60

Procurement reference

EXCO120620

Published date

12 March 2021

Closing date

1 July 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

23 July 2020

Contract end date

31 July 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other: Award of a 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 entrust a supplier to procure fully automated 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 urgently to support the national effort to combat Covid-19.

More information

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 only had limited suitable machinery available at the time the Expert Machines were purchased leaving the UK vulnerable should other countries have embargoed such machinery or medical and non-medical grade face coverings.

Award information

Awarded date

23 July 2020

Contract start date

23 July 2020

Contract end date

31 July 2021

Total value of contract

£3,797,324.60

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Expert Tooling & Automation Ltd

Address

Technology Centre
30 Sayer Drive
Coventry
CV5 9PF

Reference

Companies House number: 03489117

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