Who Won It

Contract award · 4 Dec 2020

Provision of RealStar® PCR kits

Public Health England awarded “Provision of RealStar® PCR kits” to Altona Diagnostics UK Ltd for £2.7m on 4 Dec 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionMedical equipment & pharmaceuticalsSouth West

BuyerPublic Health England
Value £2.7m
WinnerAltona Diagnostics UK 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
Public Health England · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Supplier
Altona Diagnostics UK Ltd SME
Value
£2,700,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Diagnostic kits (CPV 33141625)
Region
South West
Official notice
001794-2021 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date4 Dec 2020
  2. Published28 Jan 2021Published 55 days after the contract date

Description

The contract with Altona Diagnostics is to cover the provision of goods which has been delivered to PHE from the start of the COVID pandemic and covers the use across multiple PHE locations and laboratories

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