Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-12-29
Buyer: Department of Health and Social Care
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33124100 | 33124130 | 33127000 | 33140000: Medical consumables | 33141625
Estimated value: 911542857 GBP
Submission deadline: 2021-01-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: In light of the urgent requirement and as part of national measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, DHSC has a requirement for the supply of Lateral Flow Testing Kits to be undertaken on accelerated basis (Regulation 27(5) PCR). Please note that product offerings which can only use a nasopharyngeal specimen shall not be permitted under this tender. The procurement shall appoint bidders to the proposed framework. DHSC currently intends to make the first call off as soon as the framework agreement is entered into. Appointment onto the framework and a given lot shall be subject to the criteria stated in the procurement documents. One of these key requirements is that any test proposed must have successfully passed through LFT Validation Phase 3A by Public Health England’s Porton Down facility prior to the Tender Submission Deadline – see the ITT for further details.
In light of the urgent requirement and as part of national measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, DHSC has a requirement for the supply of Lateral Flow Testing Kits to be undertaken on accelerated basis (Regulation 27(5) PCR). Please note that product offerings which can only use a nasopharyngeal specimen shall not be permitted under this tender. The procurement shall appoint bidders to the proposed framework. DHSC currently intends to make the first call off as soon as the framework agreement is entered into. Appointment onto the framework and a given lot shall be subject to the criteria stated in the procurement documents. One of these key requirements is that any test proposed must have successfully passed through LFT Validation Phase 3A by Public Health England’s Porton Down facility prior to the Tender Submission Deadline – see the ITT for further details. At the point of call-off from the framework, the authority reserves the right to specify a requirement for a higher level of validation if needed.
The proposed framework shall segment bids into lots, which shall be defined by Pack size (number of tests per kit / inner-box). Appointment onto a given lot shall be subject to the criteria stated in the procurement documents. Tenders may be submitted for one, for several or for all of the lots.
Appointment onto the framework and a given lot shall be subject to the criteria stated in the procurement documents. One of these key requirements is that any test proposed must have successfully passed through LFT Validation Phase 3A by Public Health England’s Porton Down facility prior to the Tender Submission Deadline – see the ITT for further details. Tenders may be submitted for one, for several or for all of the lots. At the point of call-off from the framework, the authority reserves the right to specify a requirement for a higher level of validation if needed.
This procurement is using an accelerated timetable in accordance with Regulation 27(5) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 due to the current state of urgency faced by the Authority in implementing measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of this tender evaluation, the authority shall be conducting a financial due diligence, which shall impact your award amount. It is therefore paramount that as part of this procurement the bidding entity is able to submit relevant documentation for such financial checks to be made. Detail of these financial evaluations, the accepted supporting documentation and consequential impact of this assessment shall be detailed in the tender pack.

Eligibility requirements: All criteria are stated in the procurement documents found on the appointed e-sourcing platform.

Award value: 911542857