Who Won It

Contract award · 23 Jan 2020

Provision of mastermixes in response to the Covid pandemic.

Public Health England awarded “Provision of mastermixes in response to the Covid pandemic.” to Life Technologies (Applied Biosystems) Ltd for £775k on 23 Jan 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionMedical equipment & pharmaceuticalsSouth West

BuyerPublic Health England
Value £775k
WinnerLife Technologies (Applied Biosystems) Ltd

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
Life Technologies (Applied Biosystems) Ltd
Value
£775,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Laboratory reagents (CPV 33696500)
Region
South West
Official notice
003512-2021 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date23 Jan 2020
  2. Published22 Feb 2021Published 396 days after the contract date

Description

The requirement is for the provision of mastermixes for use as part of the Government's response to the Covid pandemic. The contract was required from 26 March 2020 to 17 July 2020.

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