Contract award · 1 Oct 2020

Surge Contract (with Variations 1-4)

Department of Health and Social Care awarded “Surge Contract (with Variations 1-4)” to Eurofins Biomnis UK Limited for £58.8m on 1 Oct 2020. Awarded without open competition.

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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.

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Key facts

Buyer
Department of Health and Social Care · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£58,800,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Services provided by medical laboratories (CPV 85145000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date1 Oct 2020
  2. Published14 Jan 2021Published 105 days after the contract date

Description

Collection, Identification, Packing and Transporting to the Laboratories for Wet Swab PCR Testing and analysis for Covid-19, includes subsequent variations to include REACT Wave 7 and Waste Water Testing

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