Supply of Favipiravir Tablets (Avigan)

Concepts

• pharmaceutical products
• department of health
• department of health and social care
• social care
• supply of favipiravir tablets
• tablets of favipiravir
• avigan
• favipiravir
• negotiated procedure
• dhsc

Location

London

Description

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has awarded a contract for the supply, repackaging and relabelling of Favipiravir (Avigan) for Covid-19.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Department of Health and Social Care conducted a negotiated procedure without prior publication under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) for the supply of 300 packs of 100 tablets of Favipiravir 200 mg (Avigan). The contract period expires on 31 March 2021.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 33600000 - Pharmaceutical products

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) gave rise to an extremely urgent need for the authority to purchase a quantity of Favipiravir because the authority needs to be in a position to treat the population as required such that did not give the authority sufficient time to comply with the standard Open Procedure time scales for this procurement. Accordingly, the authority used the negotiated procedure without prior publication – Regulation 32(2)(c) – Extreme Urgency Route (i.e. direct award) permitted under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) to conduct this procurement.