Published date: 9 January 2021

Last edited date: 9 January 2021

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


Closing: 4 December 2020, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Diagnostic kits - 33141625

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£2,700,000

Procurement reference

tender_259360/917172

Published date

9 January 2021

Closing date

4 December 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

4 December 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Supply 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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The UK Government must protect the health and wellbeing of UK citizens. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) 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.

PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004). This urgent requirement is in response to the recent COVID -19 outbreak.

The negotiated procedure without a prior publication has been used due to extreme urgency on the grounds of regulation 32(2)(c) as the purchase of RealStar® PCR kits will increase testing capacity for Covid 19 activities.

More information

Additional text

The agreement with the Supplier was reached on 04 December 2020; however, purchases have been made since the beginning of the pandemic from 1 April 2020 for Covid-19 activities.

Award information

Awarded date

4 December 2020

Contract start date

4 December 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£2,700,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Altona Diagnostics UK Ltd

Address

No.1 St Paul's Square , Liverpool, L3 9SJ

Reference

Companies House number: 10641789

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

61 Colindale Avenue, Colindale
London
NW9 5EQ
England

Email

tee.agbo@phe.gov.uk