Who Won It

Contract award · 25 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 FirstAid4Sport for £4.25m on 25 Apr 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionSecurity, fire & defence equipmentLondon

BuyerDepartment of Health and Social Care
Value £4.25m
WinnerFirstAid4Sport 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
FirstAid4Sport SME
Value
£4,254,000
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
004698-2021 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date25 Apr 2020
  2. Published9 Mar 2021Published 318 days after the contract date

Description

The Department of Health and Social Care (the "Authority") has awarded a contract to FirstAid4Sport Ltd for the supply of Personal Protective Equipment (face masks and gowns) to protect Health and Care workers for contracting the Covid 19 disease.

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