Published date: 2 June 2020

Last edited date: 31 March 2021

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


Closing: 14 March 2020, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Diagnostic systems - 33124110

  • Reagent strips - 33124131

  • Diagnostic kits - 33141625

    • Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment - 38951000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£21,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_126843/859459

Published date

2 June 2020

Closing date

14 March 2020

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

16 March 2020

Contract end date

30 September 2020

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

On behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Public Health England (PHE) has awarded a contract for supply of cobas® SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 assays and related consumables, instruments and service to Roche Diagnostics Limited. Under the contract, Roche shall supply these to PHE and, on PHE's direction from time to time, allocations are made across the United Kingdom to laboratories operated by the NHS in England, Public Health Wales, Health and Social Care Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service, NHS Scotland and the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.

In mid-March 2020, PHE established an assessment and triage process to rapidly evaluate approaches from industry for COVID-19 diagnostic technologies. Roche Diagnostics Limited advised PHE and HM Government (HMG) about its new SARS-CoV-2 RT PCR COVID-19 assay for use on cobas® 6800 / 8800 systems. PHE was subsequently requested by HMG to establish a partnership with Roche to roll out this new technology across the United Kingdom.

The contract was executed via a direct award under Lot 1 (Diagnostic) of the PHE Microbiology Framework and will run until 30 September 2020, with an option to extend for six further periods of 3 months each.

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Award information

Awarded date

14 March 2020

Contract start date

16 March 2020

Contract end date

30 September 2020

Total value of contract

£21,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Roche Diagnostic Limited

Address

Roche House, Charles Avenue, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9RY

Reference

Companies House number: 00571546

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

133-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8UG
England

Email

anna.gibson@phe.gov.uk