Who Won It

Contract award · 4 Feb 2021

Storage of Positive Samples

Department of Health and Social Care awarded “Storage of Positive Samples” to UK Biocentre Limited for £1.72m on 4 Feb 2021. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionArchitecture & engineeringLondon

BuyerDepartment of Health and Social Care
Value £1.72m
WinnerUK Biocentre Limited SME

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
UK Biocentre Limited SME
Value
£1,724,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Architecture & engineering · Laboratory services (CPV 71900000)
Region
London
Official notice
004291-2021 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date4 Feb 2021
  2. Published3 Mar 2021Published 27 days after the contract date

Description

Collection, storage and distribution of positive samples for the National Testing Programme (NTP) in order to support validation of new tests and technologies.

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