Contract

Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT)

  • Department of Health and Social Care

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-025629

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02eb8a

Published 13 October 2021, 5:19pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Department of Health and Social Care

39 Victoria Street

London

SW1H 0EU

Contact

Procurement Operations

Email

Procurement.operations@dhsc.gov.uk

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

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

Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT)

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 33140000 - Medical consumables

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

200,000 Orientgene Lateral Flow tests from Fortress

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: £1,474,154.40

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

200,000 Orientgene Lateral Flow tests from Fortress

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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

  • The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Explanation:

This award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful under Regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulation 2015. Regulation 32 (2) (b) (iii) states that The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following case: the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


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

3 August 2021

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

Una Health Ltd

Unit3 Scotia Road Business Park Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent

ST6 4HN

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
National registration number

06947754

Internet address

http://www.unahealth.co.uk

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £1,474,154.40

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,474,154.40


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The High Court

Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Email

generaloffice@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.gov.uk/courts-tribunals