Awarded contract

SUPPLY OF BOTULISM ANTITOXIN HEPTEVALENT (HBAT)

  • Ministry of Defence

F18: Contract award notice for contracts in the field of defence and security

Notice reference: 2023/S 000-012644

Published 3 May 2023, 12:45pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Ministry of Defence

Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) Delivery Team, Yew 3A, #1342 MOD Abbey Wood

Bristol

BS34 8JH

For the attention of

Lewis Dale

Email(s)

dale.lewis176@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

General address of the contracting authority/entity

https://www.gov.uk/

one.2) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

one.3) Main activity

Defence


Section two: Object of the contract

two.1) Description

two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract

SUPPLY OF BOTULISM ANTITOXIN HEPTEVALENT (HBAT)

two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Supplies

Purchase

NUTS code

  • CA - Canada

two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) team, part of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), has placed a contract with Emergent Biosolutions Canada Inc for the supply of Heptavalent Botulism Antitoxin (HBAT) for a period of 3 years. This is necessary to ensure maintenance of the capability with an acceptable stockholding level.

two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  • 33651520 - Immunoglobulins

two.2) Total final value of contract(s)

two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)

Value: £4,318,485.45

Excluding VAT


Section four: Procedure

Type of procedure

Negotiated without publication of a contract notice

Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice

1) Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice

No tenders or no suitable tenders in response to: negotiated procedure competition

The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:

technical

It is considered that this contract can be awarded using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice, pursuant to Public Contracts Regulations 2015; where “Regulation 32 (2)(b)(ii) allows you to use the Negotiated procedure without Prior Publication when the exclusivity is due to technical reasons”. Summary of the Technical Reason: Emergent Biosolutions Canada Inc are currently the only licensed manufacturer for HBAT (BAT®) which provides antitoxin serotypes A-G for treatment of Botulism worldwide. This product is therefore the only product which provides the full capability to Defence.

four.2) Award criteria

four.2.1) Award criteria

Lowest price

four.2.2) Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction has been used: no

four.3) Administrative information

four.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

CBRN/00272

four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice number: 2022/S 000-016860 of 20 June 2022


Section five: Award of contract

Contract No

CBRN/00272

five.1) Date of contract award decision

13 April 2023

five.2) Information about offers

Number of offers received

1

Number of offers received by electronic means

1

five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Emergent BioSolutions Canada Inc.

155 Innovation Dr

Winnipeg

R3T 5Y3

Country

Canada

five.4) Information on value of contract

Total final value of the contract

Value: £4,318,485.45

Excluding VAT

If annual or monthly value

Number of years: 3

five.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: No


Section six: Complementary information

six.1) Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

six.3) Procedures for appeal

six.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures

Ministry of Defence

Bristol

Country

United Kingdom