Published date: 19 May 2020

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


Closing: 1 April 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£24,974

Procurement reference

tender_234136/856374

Published date

19 May 2020

Closing date

1 April 2020

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service 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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Public Health England (PHE) have been tasked with leading a procurement of the Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) as part of the Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP).

The UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC), through FASP has recommended that NIPT be evaluated as an additional choice within the current screening pathway: NIPT for Down's syndrome, Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome will be offered to all pregnant women whose chance of having a baby with one of these conditions is greater than 1 in 150 from an initial combined or quadruple screening test.


PHE are justified in seeking to engage the services of NHS Arden and GEM CSU for the following reasons:

Close co-operation between Authorities:

The delivery of the NIPT procurement will require close co-operation between PHE and NHS England to ensure its success. Individuals from both Authorities will work together, sharing their respective skills and expertise to deliver the procurement, roll-out and evaluation. This co-operation allows PHE to direct award the contract to NHS Arden and GEM CSU based on the procurement regulations and Regulation 12 (7) which sets out the grounds for genuine co-operation between contracting authorities.

Award information

Awarded date

2 March 2020

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£249,071

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Address

St John's House, East Street, Leicester LE1 6N

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Manor Farm Road, Porton Down
Salisbury
SP4 0JG
England

Telephone

01980 619960

Email

tenders@phe.gov.uk