Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Department of Health and Social Care
39 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0EU
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI32 - Westminster
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
Buyer's address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Third Party Logistics Provision for Covid-19 Medicines
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 63120000 - Storage and warehousing services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Provision of third party logistics for Covid-19 Medicines
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2021/S 000-008987
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
IV.1.1.3
Place of text to be modified
Justification
Instead of
Text
Covid-19
Read
Text
The Covid-19 pandemic response gave rise to an urgent need for the authority to create a stockpile of medicines suitable for use within intensive treatment unit and end of life environments based on the usage experiences during wave one and the subsequent (second) wave) of the virus. The authority needed to be in a position to treat the population as required in the event of the Covid-19 outbreak escalating suddenly. Due to the unpredictability of the virus, the authority did not have sufficient time to comply with the standard open procedure time scales for this procurement. The authority considered this to be a state of urgency which it had duly substantiated. Accordingly, the authority used accelerated time limits as permitted under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Regulation 27(5) for the Open Procedure) in respect of this procurement