Official UK procurement notice
Community Testing Programme · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Bath & North East Somerset Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council is required to set up mass Lateral Flow Testing (LFT) arrangements as part of the Governments pandemic response. The focus of the community testing is on key staff groups and the wider public to help identify people who were asymptomatic positive cases in order to break the chain of transmission. The Council therefore needs to undertake the urgent procurement off goods and services to set up the testing programme to ensure DHSC requirements are met.
REM will be responsible for setting up the sites, procuring the materials (other than the test kits that are provided by the DHSC), sourcing the staff, undertaking training, carrying out the tests and working alongside the authority to help promote and evaluate the work.
The aim is to have a first site up and running week commencing 1st March 2021, with two further sites to follow from 10th March 2021. This is subject to regular review. The model will be flexible. The current proposal is for a 3-site model across B&NES, but additional locations will be provided based on demand.
CPV: Miscellaneous health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Mar 2021, 09:21 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Mar 2021, 09:21 GMT
- Authority reference
DN529176- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-004309- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029832Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
The contract will be directly awarded based on guidance issued by the Cabinet Office (PPN 01/20) permitting the use of regulation 32(2)(c) under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 as incorporated in the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 because of the urgency of the requirement, and that the conditions of the funding from DHSC do not allow enough time for contracts to be tendered.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Event Management Ltd.SME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 004309-2021-1 · Richmond Event Management Ltd.SME
- Signed
- 5 Feb 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Council is required to set up mass Lateral Flow Testing (LFT) arrangements as part… | — | — | — | £345,810 – £931,285 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £345,810 – £931,285 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Bath & North East Somerset CouncilReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Richmond Event Management LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.