Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
Nobel House, 17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
Contact
Chantal Jockel
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI32 - Westminster
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency
Buyer's address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Rabies vaccine
Reference number
CM/PHV/23/103934
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 33651600 - Vaccines
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Contract for the supply of rabies vaccine
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: £1,896,744
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The provision of a vaccine to protect against rabies. Deliveries will be required over the initial term of 2 years and the contract has the option to be extended for up to an additional 24 months.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Comparison with specification / Weighting: N/A
Quality criterion - Name: Volume and delivery / Weighting: N/A
Quality criterion - Name: Risk to programme delivery / Weighting: N/A
Quality criterion - Name: Risk management and contingency plans / Weighting: N/A
Quality criterion - Name: ITO selection questionnaire / Weighting: N/A
Cost criterion - Name: Vaccine price / Weighting: N/A
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
This contract has the option to be extended for up to an additional 24 months
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
Explanation:
No tenders were submitted in response to the open procedure procedure procurement exercise and the Contracting Authority has therefore awarded this contract by a negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to regulation 32(2)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 (as amended).
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: 2022/S 000-016753
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24 March 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
VALNEVA UK LIMITED
95 Horseferry Road, London Scottish House
London
SW1P 2DX
Telephone
+44 7392084235
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
National registration number
09829452
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £1,896,744
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,896,744
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The contract is for the benefit of the contracting authority and NHS bodies along with any other non-NHS bodies which are necessary for the delivery of services or goods to NHS bodies, local authorities, other government departments and their executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies charged with the delivery of healthcare or health related services in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories including, without limitation, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and Scottish Ministers. The resulting products delivered against the contract(s) may be made available to the UK devolved administrations, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories to undertake their respective vaccination programmes.
Whilst initially this procurement was run as an open procedure under regulation 27 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), no tenders were submitted in response to the open procedure, and the contracting authority has subsequently awarded this contract by a negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to regulation 32(2)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The High Court
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom