Official UK procurement notice
2167-S - Validation & Process Engineer Contractors -Vaccines Project
Authority: CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCPI would like to appoint a contractor for a temporary role for Process Engineer resource to be used for CPI's mRNA Vaccine Project.
CPV: Engineering-related scientific and technical services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers · 4 bids on the busiest of 5 lots (0.7 per place) · 4 appointed
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Validation Engineer (CSV)AwardedRenewal
Lot #2Validation Engineer #1Awarded
Bio/Pharmaceutical cGMP & GAMP experienced Validation Engineer with focus on new process equipment.
Lot #3Validation Engineer #2Awarded
Bio/Pharmaceutical cGMP experienced Validation Engineer with primary focus on qualification.
Lot #4Validation Engineer #3Awarded
Bio/Pharmaceutical cGMP & GAMP experienced Validation Engineer with focus on new process equipment.
Lot #5Validation Engineer #4Awarded
Bio/Pharmaceutical cGMP & GAMP experienced Validation Engineer with focus on new process equipment.
Lot #6Process Engineer #1Cancelled
Bio/Pharmaceutical cGMP & GAMP experienced IChemE Chartered Process Engineer with ATEX experience.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 May 2021, 15:26 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Aug 2021, 13:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Jun 2021 – …
- Authority reference
2167-S- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-021445- Accelerated
The COVID-19 outbreak has given rise to an urgent need for the supply of ValidationEngineers for a Vaccine Project because due to this project we have unexpectedly ranover on the current tender we have in place for these services and need to re-procureasap to avoid delays to this critical project. This does not give CPI sufficient time tocomply with the standard open procedure timescales for this procurement. CPIconsiders this to be a state of urgency which it has duly substantiated. Accordingly, CPIis using the accelerated time limits permitted under the Public Contract Regulations2015 regulation 27(5) for the open procedure in respect of this procurement.
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b0baFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
- Published justification
No suitable bids were received for Lot 6 of the original open procedure tender 2167. Due to the pricing response being above average for this type of contract, we were unable to accept the only bid we received and therefore none awarded this lot.
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: No suitable bids were received for Lot 6 of this tender. Due to the pricing response being above average for this type of contract, we were unable to accept the only bid we received and therefore have non-awarded this lot.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 1 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 1 Jun 2021, 12:01 BST
Timeline
1 Jun 2021 → 31 Aug 2021 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown1 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened1 Jun 2021, 12:01 BST
- Notice published31 Aug 2021, 13:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Aug 2021- Status changed to complete31 Aug 2021, 12:57 BST
- Procurement method changed31 Aug 2021, 13:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast6 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 5 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £500,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract 021445-2021-2167-S-1
- Signed
- 2 Aug 2021
- Value
- £100,000
- Status
- active
Validation Engineer #1
- Signed
- 28 Jul 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Validation Engineer #3
- Signed
- 28 Jul 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Validation Engineer #4
- Signed
- 28 Jul 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Validation Engineer #2
- Signed
- 28 Jul 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Validation Engineer (CSV)
- Signed
- 27 Jul 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Validation Engineer (CSV) | 4bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Validation Engineer #1 | 4bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Validation Engineer #2 | 4bids | — | — | — |
| 4 · Validation Engineer #3 | 4bids | — | — | — |
| 5 · Validation Engineer #4 | 3bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- CPI LtdReview body
- Centre for Process Innovation LtdReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- Industrial Technology Systems LtdFramework contractor
- Industrial Technology Systems LtdFramework contractor
- SII Services LimitedFramework contractor
- Scitech Engineering LtdFramework contractor
- X4 Group LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.