Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Public Health England
61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
National Microbiology Framework - Lot 2: Research and Development Goods and Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Lot 2 is for the supply of goods and/or services for the qualitative/quantitative examination of specimens/samples and the development of assays/kits/medical or therapeutic products. This Lot consists of goods and services mainly for research and development, experimentation and study therefore CE marked (or UKCA marked) is not mandatory. This Lot includes provisions for reagent rental and managed equipment services.
Please note that this Award Notice is for Lot 2, however the Framework Agreement encompasses the following four lots:
- Lot 1: Diagnostic Goods and Services
- Lot 2: Research and Development Goods and Services
- Lot 3: Manufacturing, Product Development and Commercialisation
- Lot 4: Clinical Laboratory Diagnostic Testing Services
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £1,500,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Framework Agreement relates to the supply of diagnostics Goods for the qualitative / quantitative examination of specimens / samples and the development or manufacturing of assays / kits /
medication and related Services. It also relates to the supply of diagnostics Services for the qualitative / quantitative examination of specimens / samples or the development or manufacturing of assays / kits / medication. The framework also covers Clinical Laboratory Diagnostic Testing Services.
The term of the framework will be for an initial 2 years with options to extend by up to a further 2 years.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The framework agreement will be for an initial period of 24 months with options exercisable by the Authority under the framework agreement to extend the duration in increments by up to a maximum of 24 months. Therefore, the total maximum duration of the framework agreement is 48 months.
The Authority will also have the option to purchase new and/or updated Goods and/or Services which the Supplier proposes should be added to its range as described in Section VI.3 below.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
The value attributed to each Lot is an approximate estimate only. As indicated in Section VI.3. of this Notice, the actual values will be to such level as those purchasing under the Framework Agreement consider necessary to provide suitable requirements.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2020/S 217-533940
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
Lot 2
Title
Research and Development Goods and Services
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23 April 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 78
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mornington 2000LLP trading as Sterilab Services
Harrogate
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
A.Menarini Diagnostics Ltd
Wokingham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Limited
Stockport
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Abcam Plc
Cambridge
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Acarrier Limited
Thornton
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Agena Bioscience GmbH
Hamburg
Country
Germany
NUTS code
- DE - Germany
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Appleton Woods Ltd
Birmingham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
AusDiagnostics UK Limited
Chesham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited
Wokingham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
BGI Genomics UK CO LTD
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
BioConnections Ltd
Wetherby
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Eurofins Biomnis UK Ltd
Wolverhampton
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Bio-Rad Laboratories Limited
Watford
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Bioserv UK
Cambridge
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
BioSpyder Technologies, Inc.
Carlsbad, California
Country
United States
NUTS code
- US - United States
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Bio-Techne Ltd
Abingdon
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cambridge Bioscience Limited
Cambridge
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cambridge Life Sciences Limited
Ely
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Clent Life Science
Stourbridge
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Don Whitley Scientific Ltd
Bingley
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Euroimmun UK Ltd
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Europlaz Technologies Limited
Essex
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Fisher Scientific
Loughborough
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Fujirebio Europe
Belgium
Country
Germany
NUTS code
- DE - Germany
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
GeneFirst Limited
Abingdon
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd
Sheffield
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Greiner Bio-One Ltd
Stonehouse
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Hamilton Robotics Ltd
Birmingham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Healthlinked Ltd
Bathgate
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Hologic Limited
Wythenshawe
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Illumina Cambridge Ltd
Great Abington
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Immensa Health Clinic Ltd
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Intertek Testing & Certification Limited
Essex
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
LGC Genomics Limited
Middlesex
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Life Technologies Limited
Paisley
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Luminex Corporation
Texas
Country
United States
NUTS code
- US - United States
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Malvern Medical Developments Ltd
Worcester
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
MGI International Sales Co. Ltd
Shek Mun
Country
China
NUTS code
- CN - China
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Microbial Genomics Ltd (Trading as MicrobesNG)
Hove
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Natural History Museum Trading Company Ltd
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oxford Biosystems Ltd
Abingdon
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
New England Biolabs UK Ltd
Hitchin
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oxford Immunotec Ltd
Abingdon
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oxford Nanopore Diagnostics Limited
Oxford
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
PCR Biosystems Ltd
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
PerkinElmer LAS (UK) Limited
Beaconsfield
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ProMake Ltd
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Promega UK Ltd
Southampton
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Qiagen Ltd
Manchester
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Quanterix Corporation
Billerica, MA
Country
United States
NUTS code
- US - United States
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
QuantuMDx Group Limited
Newcastle upon Tyne
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Randox Laboratories Ltd
Crumlin
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Roche Diagnostics Limited
Burgess Hill
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sarstedt Ltd
Leicester
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd
Hessle
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Limited
Surrey
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Stratech Scientific Ltd
Ely
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sysmex UK Ltd
Milton Keynes
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Tecan UK
Theale
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Techno-path Distribution Ltd
Ballina
Country
Ireland
NUTS code
- IE - Ireland
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Teva UK Ltd
Castleford
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd T/A Thermo Fisher Scientific
Altrincham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Thermo Fisher Diagnostics Ltd
Altrincham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Thermofisher Scientific T/A Sterilin Ltd
Newport
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Una Health Ltd
Stoke on Trent
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
V. H. Bio Limited
Gateshead
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
VWR International Ltd
Lutterworth
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Wolf Laboratories Limited
York
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Yourgene Health UK Limited
Manchester
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,500,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The framework is intended to be accessed by:
Public Health England;
Department of Health and Social Care;
Public Health Wales;
Public Health Scotland;
Department for Health for Northern Ireland;
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland;
NHS Authorities, NHS Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts, Special Health Authorities, NHS Scotland Health Boards, NHS Wales Health Boards, NHS Northern Ireland Health Boards, Special NHS Boards and any other NHS entity;
Local Authorities;
any other bodies governed by public law (as defined in regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as amended); and
academic or charitable institutions (including any such institutions that are not Contracting Authorities).
Examples of such bodies can be found at the following links (as of date of publication):
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission
https://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/nhstrustlisting.aspx
The framework value is an approximate estimate only. The actual values will be to such level as those purchasing under the Framework Agreement consider necessary to provide suitable requirements. PHE works with DHSC and the NHS in its role as a national and international emergency responder to current and emerging threats to public health. As demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the exact nature, timing and escalation of such threats (and the corresponding required responses) can be difficult to foresee, making any exercise in future value estimation unpredictable.
The scope of this Framework Agreement covers Goods and Services that are subject to rapid and frequent improvements, advancements and new scientific and technical developments. Therefore, to keep this Framework Agreement in line with the latest market and scientific developments so as to ensure that patients and other end users have ongoing access to state of the art diagnostics for the duration of this Framework Agreement successful Suppliers will be able to propose new and/or updated Goods and/or Services to be added to a Supplier’s range under the Framework Agreement if one or more of the following circumstances apply:
• Where the proposed updated Goods or Services fall within the general scope of this procurement as set out as part of this OJEU Contract Notice (i.e. fall within an existing main or supplementary CPV code as may be referred to in this Contract Notice and/or the description sections of this Contract Notice);
• Where the proposed new Goods or Services fall within the broad categories of Goods or Services covered by this Framework Agreement (i.e. fall within an existing main or supplementary CPV code as may be referred to in this Contract Notice and/or the broad categories of Goods and/or Services referred to in any of the description sections of this Contract Notice), but are new to the market. For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of any testing services, this will allow Suppliers to offer new types of tests, new test kits, related new equipment / products, related new consumables and related new Services as and when they become available during the duration of the Framework Agreement provided they fall within an existing main or supplementary CPV code as may be referred to in this Contract Notice and/or the broad categories of Goods and/or Services referred to in any of the description sections of this Contract Notice);
• Where the proposed new or updated Goods or Services reflect a product or service line extension (i.e. are new, modified or updated products or services in the same category of Goods or Services already supplied by a Supplier under this Framework Agreement); or
• Where the proposed new or updated Goods or Services reflect a range extension (i.e. are new, modified or updated products or services that reflect an expansion of the Supplier’s range in the same category of Goods or Services already supplied by a Supplier under this Framework Agreement).
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
The High Court , Strand, Holborn
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom