Who Won It

Contract award · 5 Oct 2020

PHE_Scientific_Provision of Primestore Transport Media

Public Health England awarded “PHE_Scientific_Provision of Primestore Transport Media” to EKF Diagnostic Holding PLC for £1.2m on 5 Oct 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionLaboratory & precision equipmentSouth West

BuyerPublic Health England
Value £1.2m
WinnerEKF Diagnostic Holding PLC

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
EKF Diagnostic Holding PLC
Value
£1,200,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Laboratory & precision equipment · Automated swab test kits (CPV 38912000)
Region
South West
Official notice
001908-2021 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date5 Oct 2020
  2. Published29 Jan 2021Published 116 days after the contract date

Description

This is a single tender action for the provision of a Primestore Transport Media in custom tubes to fast track Covid 19 testing.

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