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
- Malvern Medical Developments Ltd SME
- Value
- £132,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical consumables (CPV 33140000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 003402-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Mar 2020
- Published19 Feb 2021Published 340 days after the contract date
Description
Public Health England (PHE) has awarded a contract for the provision of saliva collection devices. The swabs will be used for testing the presence of a range of pathogens and suitable for the collection of crevicular fluid for laboratory processing. The procurement of these saliva collection devices will support work of PHE National Infections Service (NIS). The contract is for 3 years with two options to extend by 12 months each.
About the supplier
Malvern Medical Developments Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03505188).