Official UK procurement notice
Mass Testing with Lateral Flow Antigen Testing Devices - Employer Spoke
Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe nature of this pandemic and the pace of the interventions required has led the Council to develop a hub and spoke model across Birmingham for delivery of rapid result testing in a targeted and scaled way to contain the spread of the virus and reduce transmission in higher risk population groups.
The aim of this critical service is to capture data about levels of asymptomatic infection in target areas of Birmingham to reduce infection rates and particularly avoid further spread to vulnerable citizens who may develop a serious infection.
This contract will specifically enable Royal Mail Group Limited to test their Birmingham based employees throughout their operational shift patterns.
CPV: Technical testing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of a lateral flow device testing service in a workplace
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
- 22 Feb 2021, 16:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Feb 2021, 16:44 GMT
- Authority reference
PQ0265- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-003482- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029502Find 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
Birmingham City Council has activated its Business Continuity and Emergency Plans in response to the Coronavirus outbreak by applying Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 in response to the Coronavirus outbreak in order to support the urgent issuing of lateral flow device testing kits to the service provider. This urgent award enables a contract to be executed to carry out the Council's Public Health duty and avoid further spread of COVID-19 in the local population.
Explanation:
Under 32(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:-
(b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:-
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons,
but only, in the case of paragraphs (ii) and (iii), where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal Mail Group Limited (t/a Parcelforce Worldwide) | £252,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 003482-2021-1 · The Royal Mail Group Limited (t/a Parcelforce Worldwide)
- Signed
- 8 Feb 2021
- Value
- £252,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Royal Mail Group LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.