Who Won It

Contract award · 18 May 2020

REACT 1 - Round 1 Lab testing (Swabs, viles, biohazard bags and PCL analysis)

Department of Health and Social Care awarded “REACT 1 - Round 1 Lab testing (Swabs, viles, biohazard bags and PCL analysis)” to Eurofins Bionmis UK Limited for £8.8m on 18 May 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionArchitecture & engineeringLondon

BuyerDepartment of Health and Social Care
Value £8.8m
WinnerEurofins Bionmis UK Limited

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
Department of Health and Social Care · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Supplier
Eurofins Bionmis UK Limited
Value
£8,800,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Architecture & engineering · Laboratory services (CPV 71900000)
Region
London
Official notice
002480-2021 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date18 May 2020
  2. Published8 Feb 2021Published 266 days after the contract date

Description

Tests conducted using RT-PCR against known regions on the SARS-CoV-2 Virus RNA

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