Contract

Contract for the supply of Duodote autoinjectors

  • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-027372

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-037182

Published 29 September 2022, 3:53pm



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

Lynne Nichols

Email

lynne.nichols@dhsc.gov.uk

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

Contract for the supply of Duodote autoinjectors

Reference number

CM/EMP/21/30865

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 33600000 - Pharmaceutical products

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

A procurement exercise for the provision of Duodote autoinjectors

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 USD

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

England

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This procurement exercise is for a contract for the provision of Duodote autoinjectors which are to be held in the emergency planning stockpile to be deployed in certain emergency situations . Deliveries will be required over a period of 4 months from September 2022 through to 31 December 2022.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: N/A

Quality criterion - Name: Risk / Weighting: N/A

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: N/A

Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: N/A

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

two.2.14) Additional information

The contract value is withheld from publication as the Authority has deemed that its release would be contrary to the public interest.


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:

Duodote autoinjectors are the only products available on the market which have been trialled and established by the ambulance service and Meridian Medical Technologies have exclusive rights to manufacture and supply this product, therefore using the negotiated procedure without prior publication is justified under Regulation 32(2)(b)(iii) PCR 2015 as amended.

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

9 September 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Meridian Medical Technologies, Ltd

Forsyth House, Cromac Square;

Belfast

BT2 8LA

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKN0 - Northern Ireland
National registration number

NI020416

Internet address

www.meridianmeds.com

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 USD

Total value of the contract/lot: 1 USD


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The contract(s) is for the benefit of the 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.

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