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
- Department of Health and Social Care · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- SureScreen Diagnostics Ltd SME
- Value
- £503,430,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Diagnostic kits (CPV 33141625)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 002984-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Jan 2021
- Published14 Feb 2021Published 30 days after the contract date
Description
Manufacture of Lateral Flow Antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2. Additional information: The Value of Contract (inc. any possible extensions, exc. VAT) stated in this Contract Award Notice is not a committed value for the contract. Volumes supplied via this contract are forecast quarterly. The stated Value of Contract (inc. any possible extensions, exc. VAT) is an estimate based on projected volumes in the event that all potential contract extensions are enacted.
About the supplier
SureScreen Diagnostics Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03235601).