Decontamination of TSE from Modular Building 24

Contract summary

Industry

• Environmental decontamination services - 90722200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £37,000

Procurement reference

tender_198446/740057

Published date

25 January 2019

Closing date

24 January 2019

Contract start date

1 February 2019

Contract end date

31 January 2020

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Building 24 is a large CL3 laboratory that was used solely for the study of TSE organisms between 2003 -2013. Following the studies, this CL3 laboratory was left unused due to the risk of TSE contamination. TSE organisms are animal proteins that are usually resistant to coventional chemical and physical methods of decontamination including standard disinfectants, fumigation and autoclaving procedures (Above 121°C for 15 minutes). Due to the difficulties of decontamination, special attention and procedures are required to track, control and limit contamination. Over the years, a satisfactory decontamination program has been created at PHE allowing us to clean TSE Labs to a safe working environment. This procedure, however can only be carried out by specialist contractors.

The specialist nature of this decontamination and the complexity of the required disposal program and the use of a specialised chemical means that there are no alternative companies/contractors to tender for the works.

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Award information

Awarded date

24 January 2019

Contract start date

1 February 2019

Contract end date

31 January 2020

Total value of contract

£36,632

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Veolia Environmental Services Onyx Limited.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Tim Purchase

Address

Manor Farm Road, Porton Down
Salisbury
SP2 0QT
England

Telephone

01980 612648

Email

tim.purchase@phe.gov.uk