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.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Public Health England · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- International Scientific Supplies Limited SME
- Value
- £181,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Test tubes (CPV 33192500)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 001291-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Jun 2020
- Published21 Jan 2021Published 230 days after the contract date
Description
The Government must protect the health and well-being 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 Jan 2020. The WHO Director General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 Mar 2020. PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004). This requirement is in response to the recent COVID -19 outbreak. PHE has awarded a contract to International Scientific Supplies Ltd for the supply of test tubes with push caps due to extreme urgency under current public procurement regulations using regulation 32(2)(c).
About the supplier
International Scientific Supplies Limited: every public contract they have won.