Contract award · 19 Nov 2020

The provision of freight services for the supply of personal protective equipment, medical equipment and lateral flow test kits for testing of COVID-19

Department of Health and Social Care awarded “The provision of freight services for the supply of personal protective equipment…” to Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd for £3.51m on 19 Nov 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionTransport support & travel London

BuyerDepartment of Health and Social Care

Value £3.51m

WinnerVirgin Atlantic Airways 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: Department of Health and Social Care · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Supplier: Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd
Value: £3,510,000
Procedure: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector: Transport support & travel · Freight transport agency services (CPV 63521000)
Region: London
Official notice: 004167-2021 on Find a Tender
Timeline: Contract date19 Nov 2020

Published2 Mar 2021Published 103 days after the contract date

Description

Direct Award under Reg 32 of the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 for COVID-19 response. Additional information: This notice has previously been published in "Find a Tender Service" (FTS), the UK e-Notification service. Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union was delayed by a technical issue on behalf of the EU publications Office, which has now been resolved