Contract award · 2 Apr 2020

Supply of Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers for the Care of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Department of Health and Social Care awarded “Supply of Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers for the Care of Patients…” to Bunzl Healthcare for £22.6m on 2 Apr 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionSecurity, fire & defence equipment London

BuyerDepartment of Health and Social Care

Value £22.6m

WinnerBunzl Healthcare

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: Bunzl Healthcare
Value: £22,561,580
Procedure: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector: Security, fire & defence equipment · Garments for biological or chemical protection (CPV 35113410)
Region: London
Official notice: 004644-2021 on Find a Tender
Timeline: Contract date2 Apr 2020

Published8 Mar 2021Published 340 days after the contract date

Description

The Department of Health and Social Care (the ‘Authority’) has awarded a contract to Bunzl Healthcare for the supply of personal protective equipment (goggles, masks, gowns, visors and hand sanitizer) to protect health and care workers for contracting the Covid-19 disease.