PHE_Scientific_Provision for purchase of various bespoke Covid-19 surveillance kits

Concepts

• medical kits
• salisbury
• countermeasures department
• covid-19 surveillance kits
• covid-19 surveillance studies
• diagnostic kits
• public health surveillance studies
• covid-19 kits
• kits
• educational settings

Location

Salisbury

Description

This single tender action request is for the purpose of procuring various bespoke COVID-19 kits for COVID-19 surveillance studies which the Immunisation and Countermeasures department has been instructed to undertake by PHE and DHSC. The kits will be used for public health surveillance studies in educational settings, care homes, cruise ships, community settings, public health research studies

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 33141620 - Medical kits
• 33141625 - Diagnostic kits

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

The Government must protect the health and well-being of UK citizens. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) as declared by the World Health Organisation on 30 Jan 2020. The WHO Director General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 Mar 2020. PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004). This urgent requirement is in response to the recent COVID -19 outbreak. A direct award has been made due to extreme urgency under current public procurement regulations using regulation 32(2)(c) for the purpose of procuring various bespoke COVID-19 kits for COVID-19 surveillance studies which the Immunisation and Countermeasures department has been instructed to undertake by PHE and DHSC. The kits will be used for public health surveillance studies in educational settings, care homes, cruise ships, community settings, public health research studies