Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-07-03
Buyer: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through the Department of Health and Social Care
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Estimated value: 5680769.73 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The authority’s preferred presentations and strengths of the medicines, and alternative presentations and strengths and presentations which may be acceptable, are specified in the procurement documents.
This procurement exercise resulted in one or more contracts for the provision of lopinavir/ritonavir tablets or oral solution.
The contract has the option to be extended for up to an additional 4 months and the option for the authority to order an additional volume of the goods to be procured by up to 50 % subject to the agreement of the supplier.
This procurement exercise may result in one or more contracts for the provision of hydroxychloroquine tablets.
The contract has the option to be extended for up to an additional 4 months and the option for the authority to order an additional volume of the goods to be procured by up to 50 % subject to the agreement of the supplier.
This procurement exercise resulted in a contract for the provision of dexamethasone 2 mg/5 ml oral solution.
The contract has the option to be extended for up to an additional 4 months and the option for the authority to order an additional volume of the goods to be procured by up to 50 % subject to the agreement of the supplier.
This procurement exercise resulted in one or more contracts for the provision of Azithromycin 250 mg capsules and 500 mg tablets.
The contract has the option to be extended for up to an additional 4 months and the option for the authority to order an additional volume of the goods to be procured by up to 50 % subject to the agreement of the supplier.
Azithromycin —capsules, tablets or oral solution because the authority needs to be in a position to treat the population as required. This does not give the authority sufficient time to comply with the standard open procedure timescales for this procurement. The authority considers this to be a state of urgency which it has duly substantiated. Accordingly, the authority is using the accelerated time limits permitted under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Regulation 27(5) for the open procedure) in respect of this procurement.
The contracts are 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 and the local authorities, other government departments 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.
Due to policy reasons the contracting authority were unable to proceed to award to suppliers for this lot 2, hydroxychloroquine.


Winner: AbbVie Ltd
Award value: 5680769.73
Number of bids: 3