Published date: 9 October 2020

This notice was replaced on 9 October 2020

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 9 October 2020, last edited 25 November 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Pharmaceutical products - 33600000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CF-0025700D0O000000rwimUAA1

Published date

9 October 2020

Closing date

22 October 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 January 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

This is an accelerated procedure.

Justification

The Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is a\r

serious infectious respiratory disease and\r

its consequences pose a risk to life. The\r

WHO Director General characterised\r

Covid-19 as a pandemic on 11 March\r

2020, by this stage Europe was the centre\r

of the pandemic. Sodium chloride 0.9% for injection is required urgently because the authority needs to be in a position to\r

deploy rapidly as required. A state of\r

urgency exists in the UK (and globally) due to the Covid-19 pandemic and this state of urgency did not give the Authority sufficient time to comply with the standard Open Procedure time scales for this procurement. Accordingly, the authority used the accelerated time limits for the open procedure permitted under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Regulation 27(5)) to conduct this procurement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Contract for the supply of sodium chloride 0.9% for injection

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About the buyer

Contact name

Lynne Nichols

Address

2nd Floor, Rutland House
Runcorn
WA7 2ES
GB

Email

lynne.nichols@dhsc.gov.uk