Find a TenderClosed
Published 28 Apr 2021, 11:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Laboratory Test Validation Services

Official notice

Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAccelerated
Published estimate£6,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 May 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To setup and establish laboratory services and personnel capable of:i) assessing and validating the technical performance of supplied testing equipment (i.e. Products) using a Private Testing Validation Group (PTVG) defined protocol and against an agreed Comparator Assay; andii) documenting findings into a standardised report to feed back to the PTVG.

CPV: Laboratory services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Published value£6,000,000
Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
28 Apr 2021, 11:15 BST
Last source update
28 Apr 2021, 11:15 BST
Award evaluation window
20 May 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-009087
Accelerated

1.6 An Accelerated time limit has been selected by the Authority due to a state of urgency, since Her Majesty's Government (HMG) has only committed to provide COVID-19 Lateral Flow tests on a universal offer basis up to 30 June 2021. Therefore, there is a need to have independent validation of COVID-19 test products in place urgently, so that employers and members of the public can have confidence in them, prior to these products being made available on the open market.

Classification (CPV)
Laboratory services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02aaf0 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://health.atamis.co.uk ↗

Submission deadline
20 May 2021, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 May 2021, 15:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Apr 2021 → 29 Jun 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    28 Apr 2021, 11:15 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    20 May 2021, 15:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    20 May 2021, 15:00 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    29 Jun 2021, 23:59 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Health and Social Care

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth 39 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1H 0EUContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtMediation bodyReview body London

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.