Published date: 9 February 2021

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


Closing: 1 May 2020, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

Location of contract

LS2 7UE

Value of contract

£28,000,000

Procurement reference

CF-0017800D0O000000rwimUAA4

Published date

9 February 2021

Closing date

1 May 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

4 May 2020

Contract end date

18 September 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)

The opportunity was not advertised, because for example only one supplier is capable of delivering the requirement, or due to extreme urgency brought about by unforeseen events.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

REACT 1 - Round 2, 2b and 3 Lab testing from Eurofins (Swabs, viles, biohazard bags and PCL analysis)
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
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Explanation:
1) The Covid-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern as declared by the World Health Organisation on 30 January 2020. The WHO Director General characterised Covid-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020.

2) A key element of ensuring an effective response to the pandemic is ensuring that there is adequate testing. Therefore, ensuring effective warehousing, assembly and transport of testing kits and associated consumables is critical to the testing value chain.

3) DHSC is satisfied the tests permitting use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication (Regulation 32(2)(c)) are met:
A. As far as is strictly necessary: the (services) were identified as strictly necessary to meet the demand to scale up the testing programme in the UK.
B. There are genuine reasons for extreme urgency: It is responding to Covid-19 immediately because of public health risks presenting a genuine emergency.
C. The events that have led to the need for extreme urgency were unforeseeable: The Commission itself confirmed: 'The current coronavirus crisis presents an extreme and unforeseeable urgency - precisely for such a situation our European rules enable public buyers to buy within a matter of days, even hours, if necessary.' (Commissioner Breton, Internal Market, 1 April 2020).
D. It is impossible to comply with the usual timescales in the PCR: It is not possible to comply with the timescales of another procedure due to the urgent requirement to ensure the services required are met.
E. The situation is not attributable to the contracting authority - DHSC has not done anything to cause or contribute to the need for extreme urgency.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

COVID-19 REACT 1 - Round 2, 2b and 3 Lab testing

  • Awarded contract
  • Published 25 November 2020

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Award information

Awarded date

4 May 2020

Contract start date

4 May 2020

Contract end date

18 September 2020

Total value of contract

£28,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Eurofin

Address

154 Business Park Valiant Way Wolverhampton WV9 5GB, Wolverhampton, WV9 5GB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Callie Barry

Address

Quarry House
Leeds
LS2 7UE
GB

Email

callie.barry1@dhsc.gov.uk