Who Won It

Contract award · 24 Nov 2020

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme - provision and management of storage, warehousing and distribution of non-vaccine consumables, PPE and equipment

NHS England awarded “Covid-19 Vaccination Programme - provision and management of storage, warehousing and…” to DHL Supply Chain Limited for £21.8m on 24 Nov 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionPostal & telecoms servicesYorkshire and the Humber

BuyerNHS England
Value £21.8m
WinnerDHL Supply Chain 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
NHS England · Body governed by public law
Supplier
DHL Supply Chain Limited
Value
£21,780,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Postal & telecoms services · Courier services (CPV 64120000)
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Official notice
004207-2021 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date24 Nov 2020
  2. Published2 Mar 2021Published 98 days after the contract date

Description

Provision of storage, warehousing and distribution services for the non-Vaccine consumables, PPE and Equipment to mass fixed, hospital hub, local centres and Primary Care Network (PCN) vaccination sites.

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