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
- Bio-packaging Limited SME
- Value
- £930,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Clothing & footwear · Mail or parcel bags (CPV 18933000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 001800-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Sep 2020
- Published28 Jan 2021Published 127 days after the contract date
Description
This single tender action request is for the purpose of procuring universal mailers in support of sending out covid-19 testing kits to help reduce turnaround times critical in the outbreak and support the increased demand of testing as instructed by DHSC.
About the supplier
Bio-packaging Limited: every public contract they have won.