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
- Department of Health and Social Care · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Value
- £4,116,819
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Storage and warehousing services (CPV 63120000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 001650-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2020
- Published27 Jan 2021Published 118 days after the contract date
Description
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has procured a range of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies (CRRT) Consumables and Equipment, which will be stored as a Stockpile by the Supplier. It is intended for the Products to be distributed for patients solely in the UK during a pandemic or other period of increased demand and / or potential shortage in the UK and for this purpose the Stockpiled Products must be stored in the UK. In the event of a shortage in the UK, the Authority can direct the Supplier to buy back all or some of the stock they hold, and release it through the normal UK supply chain. In the period leading up to expiry of the Agreement, the Supplier will be required, through an agreed Exit Plan, to buy back the stock. The Agreement is for twelve (12) months with the option to extend the contract for a further period of up to twelve (12) months subject to the written agreement of both parties.
About the supplier
Fresenius Medical Care (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won.