Deloitte NTP Phase 1

Concepts

• management consultancy
• provision of support
• department of health and social care
• social care
• deloitte ntp phase
• department of health
• consultancy services
• testing
• covid-19

Location

London

Description

Provision of support to the Department of Health and Social Care to expand testing for Covid-19.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 79411000 - General management consultancy services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

Negotiated procedure without prior publication 1) The Covid-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern as declared by the World Health Organisation on 30 January 2020. The WHO Director General characterised Covid-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. 2) Establishing adequate testing infrastructure is key element of ensuring an effective response to the pandemic. The requirements for specialist expertise and breadth of resource that can scale rapidly has been identified as necessary to build a robust testing prpgramme at the speed necessary, at a national level. 3) DHSC is satisfied the tests permitting use of the Negotiated procedure without prior publication (Regulation 32(2)(c)) are met: A. As far as is strictly necessary: The pandemic necessitated an immediate increase in lab and testing capacity and infrastructure to identify and seek to curtail the spread of Covid 19. B. There are genuine reasons for extreme urgency: The public health risks and mortality rate associated with the pandemic required an immediate response to limit the spread of Covid 19 and save lives. C. The events that have led to the need for extreme urgency were unforeseeable: the Commission itself confirmed: ‘The current coronavirus crisis presents an extreme and unforeseeable urgency – precisely for such a situation our European rules enable public buyers to buy within a matter of days, even hours, if necessary.’ (Commissioner Breton, Internal Market, 1 April 2020). D. It is impossible to comply with the usual timescales in the PCR: It is not possible to comply with the timescales of another procedure due to the urgent requirement to ensure the build of testing infrastructure commences immediately. E. The situation is not attributable to the contracting authority – DHSC has not done anything to cause or contribute to the need for extreme urgency.