Official UK procurement notice
Exotic antivenoms for NHS for emergency use
Authority: Public Health England
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPublic Health England (PHE) is responsible for the provision of public health stocks of exotic antivenoms for NHS emergency use in the UK. The antivenoms are used in the event of someone being bitten or stung by an exotic venomous animal.
This requirement is to source 24 different highly specialist exotic antivenoms from national and international Suppliers.
CPV: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This purchase will entail obtaining 24 different highly specialist exotic antivenoms…Awarded
This purchase will entail obtaining 24 different highly specialist exotic antivenoms from national and international Suppliers. There are 11 different suppliers, each of whom supplies a very small volume of antivenoms. PHE will communicate with suppliers and place orders following an exchange of e-mails with the supplier to confirm price per dose, shelf life and delivery timescales.
The UK hub sites based across the country are required to hold specified minimum volume on likely treatment dosage. This will allows delivery to be made within 5 hours (best endeavours) from when the request is received to any hospital location within the UK.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-012378- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b7ccFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
As there are 11 different suppliers for this purchase, each of whom supplies a very small volume of antivenoms, Public Health England will communicate with suppliers and place orders following an exchange of e-mails with the supplier to confirm price per dose, shelf life and delivery timescales. The UK hub sites based across the country are required to hold specified minimum volume on likely treatment dosage. This allows delivery to be made within 5 hours (best endeavours) from when the request is received to any hospital location within the UK.
As there are very limited suppliers in the Aativenom market we are using Reg 32(2)(b)(ii) to award the contract to 11 Suppliers, based mainly internationally. The total contract value specified per supplier cannot be confirmed, as this is dependant on different expiry date of stocks held across various sites across UK. Additionally, the selection of each antivenom will be based on the opinion of the Advisory Group.
Note that under "Section V: Award of contract" no tenders were received; however, for the purpose of populating the field "11" has been entered as the contract is being awarded to 11 suppliers. A value needed to be entered as the field was mandatory.
Also under the same section "Total value of the contract/lot" is appearing as £309173.57, however, the total value to be awarded during the contract term may be low as this is dependant upon factors mentioned above. A value needed to be entered as the field was mandatory.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| South African Vaccine Producers (SAVP)SME | US$309,174 † | — | Awarded |
| Instituto ButantanSME | USN 309,174 † | — | Awarded |
| Serb-laboSME | USN 309,174 † | — | Awarded |
| Instituto Clodomiro Picado Universidad de Costa RicaSME | USN 309,174 † | — | Awarded |
| MicroPharm LtdSME | £309,174 † | — | Awarded |
| National Antivenom and Vaccine Production CentreSME | US$309,174 † | — | Awarded |
| Razi Vaccine & Serum Research InstituteSME | US$309,174 † | — | Awarded |
| Haffkine BioPharmaceutical Corp LtdSME | USN 309,174 † | — | Awarded |
| Queen Saovabha Memorial InstituteSME | USN 309,174 † | — | Awarded |
| Centers for Disease ControlSME | USN 309,174 † | — | Awarded |
1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Contract 012378-2021-1 · South African Vaccine Producers (SAVP)SME
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- US$309,174
- Status
- active
Contract 012378-2021-10 · Instituto ButantanSME
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- USN 309,174
- Status
- active
Contract 012378-2021-11 · Serb-laboSME
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- USN 309,174
- Status
- active
Contract 012378-2021-2 · Instituto Clodomiro Picado Universidad de Costa RicaSME
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- USN 309,174
- Status
- active
Contract 012378-2021-3 · MicroPharm LtdSME
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- £309,174
- Status
- active
Contract 012378-2021-4 · National Antivenom and Vaccine Production CentreSME
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- US$309,174
- Status
- active
Contract 012378-2021-5 · Razi Vaccine & Serum Research InstituteSME
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- US$309,174
- Status
- active
Contract 012378-2021-6 · Haffkine BioPharmaceutical Corp LtdSME
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- USN 309,174
- Status
- active
Contract 012378-2021-7 · Queen Saovabha Memorial InstituteSME
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- USN 309,174
- Status
- active
Contract 012378-2021-8 · Centers for Disease ControlSME
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- USN 309,174
- Status
- active
Contract 012378-2021-9
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- USN 309,174
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
11 commercial parties on the notice- Centers for Disease ControlAwarded supplier
- Haffkine BioPharmaceutical Corp LtdAwarded supplier
- Instituto ButantanAwarded supplier
- Instituto Clodomiro Picado Universidad de Costa RicaAwarded supplier
- MicroPharm LtdAwarded supplier
- National Antivenom and Vaccine Production CentreAwarded supplier
- Queen Saovabha Memorial InstituteAwarded supplier
- Razi Vaccine & Serum Research InstituteAwarded supplier
- SeqirusAwarded supplier
- Serb-laboAwarded supplier
- South African Vaccine Producers (SAVP)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.