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.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Northumbrian Water Limited
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public utilities · Water distribution and related services (CPV 65100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 030536-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Mar 2023
- Published16 Oct 2023Published 207 days after the contract date
Description
A contractual arrangement in place with Northumbrian Water Limited to ensure UKHSA can have an immediate presence in critical areas of interest in the supplier regions of operations. This is to ensure UKSA has the ability to quickly responds to hotspots and new variants (including but not limited to COVID, MPX, Polio.<br/>Environmental Monitoring for Health Protection (formerly known as the Wastewater Programme) collects wastewater samples for RNA testing and, in some cases, sequencing across a range of near source, network and treatment Centre locations.<br/>The purpose of collecting these samples is to provide early warning of disease outbreaks, track the emergence of antimicrobial resistance and monitor the effectiveness of preventative measures. By testing wastewater samples, we can detect the presence of human pathogens, viruses, and bacteria in the wastewater. This helps us monitor the population's health and allows us to take action to prevent the spread of disease.<br/>This is…
About the supplier
Northumbrian Water Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02366703).