PHE_Scientific_Provision of Primestore Transport Media

A Contract Award Notice
by SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ACTING AS PART OF THE CROWN THROUGH UK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Goods)
Duration: not specified
Value: £2M

Sector: HEALTH
Published: 26 Nov 2021
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

Secretary of State for Health & Social Care Acting as Part of the Crown Through UK Health Security Agency London

1 supplier

Ekf Diagnostics Holdings Penarth

Description

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has varied a contract awarded to EKF Diagnostics Holding PLC for the provision of Primestore Transport Media in custom tubes to fast-track Covid 19 testing.The Contract will be extended until 31/03/2022.The value of this extension during the extension period will be up to £600,000. As the original value of the Contract was £1.2 million, this means that the total value of the Contract including the extension period will be a maximum of £1.8 million.

Total Quantity or Scope

This is a single tender action for the provision of a Primestore Transport Media in custom tubes to fast-track Covid 19 testing.

Award Detail

1	Ekf Diagnostics Holdings (Penarth) Reference: 029485-2021-1 Value: £1,800,000

Award Criteria

price

CPV Codes

38911000 - Manual swab test kits
38912000 - Automated swab test kits

Legal Justification

This contract has been awarded without prior publication of a contract notice. To the best of the Authority's knowledge, no other supplier is able to provide these specific transport media tubes. This media inactivates the COVID-19 virus making the samples safe to transfer directly on receipt onto analysers.