Who Won It

Contract award · 8 Dec 2020

Reimbursement of manufacturing costs with option to purchase goods

Department of Health and Social Care awarded “Reimbursement of manufacturing costs with option to purchase goods” to Global Access Diagnostics Ltd for £3.16m on 8 Dec 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionMedical equipment & pharmaceuticalsLondon

BuyerDepartment of Health and Social Care
Value £3.16m
WinnerGlobal Access Diagnostics Ltd SME

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
Department of Health and Social Care · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Supplier
Global Access Diagnostics Ltd SME
Value
£3,160,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Diagnostic kits (CPV 33141625)
Region
London
Official notice
000302-2021 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date8 Dec 2020
  2. Published7 Jan 2021Published 30 days after the contract date

Description

Manufacture of Lateral Flow Antigen tests for Sars-Covid-2

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