Official UK procurement notice
Primers and probes for diagnostic detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus
Authority: Public Health England
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe UK Government must protect the health and wellbeing of UK citizens. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) as declared by the World Health Organisation on 30 January 2020. The WHO Director General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020.
PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004). This urgent requirement is in response to the recent COVID -19 outbreak.
The negotiated procedure without a prior publication has been used due to extreme urgency on the grounds of regulation 32(2)(c) as the purchase of these sequencing assays will assist in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
CPV: Medical consumables
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The requirement is for the provision of primers and probes described by WHO for…Awarded
The requirement is for the provision of primers and probes described by WHO for diagnostic detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by real-time RT-PCR instruments.
The contract was required from 31 January 2020 to 17 April 2020.
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
- 22 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-003509- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The UK Government must protect the health and wellbeing of UK citizens. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) as declared by the World Health Organisation on 30 January 2020. The WHO Director General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020.
PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004). This urgent requirement is in response to the recent COVID -19 outbreak.
The negotiated procedure without a prior publication has been used due to extreme urgency on the grounds of regulation 32(2)(c). The e purchase of these of primers and probes, which are described by WHO for diagnostic detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by real-time RT-PCR instruments, will assist in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIB Molbiol Syntheselabor GmbHPrimers and probes for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus | £136,713 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Primers and probes for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus · TIB Molbiol Syntheselabor GmbH
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2020
- Value
- £136,713
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- TIB Molbiol Syntheselabor GmbHAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.