Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Oral Swabs · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Public Health England
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPublic Health England (PHE) has awarded a contract for the provision of saliva collection devices. The swabs will be used for testing the presence of a range of pathogens and suitable for the collection of crevicular fluid for laboratory processing. The procurement of these saliva collection devices will support work of PHE National Infections Service (NIS).
The contract is for 3 years with two options to extend by 12 months each.
CPV: Medical consumables
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 19 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-003402- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0294b2Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The contract opportunity was published through Contracts Finder as the expected value was £110,000. The value has unexpectedly increased due to the Covid pandemic and this notice has been issued for that reason.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern Medical Developments LtdPHE_Provision of oral swabs | £132,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
PHE_Provision of oral swabs · Malvern Medical Developments Ltd
- Signed
- 16 Mar 2020
- Value
- £132,000
- 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- Malvern Medical Developments LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.