Official UK procurement notice
LamPORE Mobile Laboratories Workstream
Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWorkforce for Mobile Laboratories
CPV: Laboratory services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1An amendment was made to the Contract under Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contract…Awarded
An amendment was made to the Contract under Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
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
- Services
- 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
- 15 Jan 2021, 11:31 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Jul 2021, 18:53 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-016673- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028aa1Find 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 procurement relied on Regulation 32 of the PCR 2015 and award using the negotiated procedure without a prior call for competition, because : One possible provider (Reg 32(2)(b)(ii) and (iii) The supplies can only be provided by the particular supplier in the case of Mitie because: there is no reasonable alternative or substitute for the supplier in the case of Mitie because the technology determines the build requirements and needs to be an integral part of that process; and the assessment of lack of competition is not as a result of the parameters of the relevant requirements being narrowed to favour the award to a particular supplier only that that that supplier’s technology is being tested. Extreme urgency (Reg 32(2)(c)) The requirement is: extremely urgent and strictly necessary because the Workforce for Mobile Laboratories is a critical component of Mass Testing, providing laboratory facility to outbreak response areas, remote locations where laboratory capacity is not available and where an urgent response is required. Mobile lab deployment will reduce transit time for samples to travel to a static lab location therefore reducing test turnaround time. Provision of the Workforce for Mobile Laboratories will provide agile and adaptable choices for policy makers enabling decision and policy choices to support national and local responses; and the events leading to the extreme urgency were not foreseeable by us due to focus on priority given to static labs; and the time limits to carry out one of the competitive procedures under the PCR 2015 cannot be complied with because the need is imminent.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
23 Nov 2020 → 15 Jul 2021 · 2 dates- Contract starts23 Nov 2020
- Notice published15 Jul 2021, 18:53 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitie Security LtdSubcontracting: Clinical governance, lab technicians and trailer movement workforce. | £4,600,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Mitie Security Ltd | £640,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000843-2021-1 · Mitie Security Ltd
- Signed
- 20 Nov 2020
- Value
- £4,600,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2021
- Status
- active
Contract 016673-2021-C17094-1 · Mitie Security Ltd
- Signed
- 20 Nov 2020
- Value
- £640,000
- Period
- 4 Jun 2021 – 31 Aug 2021
- Status
- active
- Change Regulation 72(1)(b), Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: This extension is to accommodate the decommissioning of the services following the conclusion of the LAMPORE MPUs Pilot. It would have been economically prohibitive and would not have represented value for money for the Authority to delay the de-commissioning of the service to procure an alternative provider to deliver the activity. .
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Mitie Security LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.