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
- Value
- £2,499,208
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Recruitment services (CPV 79600000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 033765-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Nov 2020
- Published18 Oct 2024Published 1447 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority entered into a contract with African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) commencing 22/07/2021 for services in Nigeria following an Open Competition. The contract provided for three extensions of twelve months each to a maximum of term to 31/03/2025. Options have been exercised to date extending the term to 30/04/2024 with the application of Regulations 72(1)(a) and 72(1)(e).<br/>The CM is to exercise a final extension of the contract term to 31/03/2025 and to increase the maximum contract value to £2,824,178.00 exc VAT
About the supplier
African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00077447).