The Provision of Freight Services for the Supply of Personal Protective Equipment and Medical Equipment

Concepts

• provision of freight services for the supply of personal protective equipment and medical equipment
• freight transport agency
• direct award
• medical equipment
• supply of personal protective equipment
• provision of freight services
• contract award notice reference
• reg
• covid-19 response
• https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=ted:notice:573975-2020:html:en:html&tabid=1&tablang=en

Location

London

Description

Direct Award under Reg 32 of the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 for Covid-19 response. Contract Award Notice Reference: 2020/S 232-573975. Link: https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:573975-2020:HTML:EN:HTML&tabId=1&am....

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 63521000 - Freight transport agency services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to additional needs.

Legal Justification

DHSC awarded a contract on 30 March 2020 to Uniserve Ltd for the provision of freight services for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical equipment in response to Covid-19 (Contract Award Notice reference 2020/S 232-573975). DHSC is extending the contract relying on Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to: (a) ensure continuity of services whilst competed contracts are fully mobilised; and (b) enable goods in transit to complete their journey to long term warehousing including the unloading and release of PPE storage containers. Given that Covid-19 is a new virus, there was no historic data upon which to base requirements at Contract Award. A failure to extend the agreement would cause significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs for DHSC.

Other Information

DHSC awarded a contract on 30 March 2020 to Uniserve Limited for the provision of freight services for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical equipment in response to Covid-19 (Contract Award Notice reference 2020/S 232-573975:https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:573975-2020:HTML:EN:HTML&tabId=1&tabLang=en, Contracts Finder Awarded Opportunity Notice: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1bf4f122-e452-4c32-bf49-d4e002...). DHSC has agreed to extend the existing agreement by an additional 9 months to now expire on 31 December 2021. DHSC is extending the contract relying on Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to: (a) ensure continuity of services whilst competed contracts are fully mobilised; and (b) enable goods in transit to complete their journey to long term warehousing including the unloading and release of PPE storage containers. This will include an increase in contract value under this agreement of GBP 99 500 000.