Contract award · 8 Jan 2021

DHSC Laboratory Testing Services

Department of Health and Social Care awarded “DHSC Laboratory Testing Services” to King's College London for £12.5m on 8 Jan 2021. 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
£12,500,000
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 date8 Jan 2021
  2. Published28 Jan 2021Published 20 days after the contract date

Description

The Service will provide diagnostic (RT-PCR) testing for COVID-19 to the population as part of the urgent intervention in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic.

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