Notice Information
Notice Title
Lateral Flow Testing
Notice Description
Staffing and logistics to deliver lateral flow testing (LFT) services within Bracknell Forest Borough. The contract is for a maximum period of 12 months, to a maximum value of PS950,000.00.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Staffing and logistics to deliver lateral flow testing (LFT) services for SARS-Cov-2 within Bracknell Forest Borough, commencing with 3 sites for phase 1. This will be provided through a high quality, accessible and equitable service for people who are asymptomatic. The supplier will: * Provide a free service to service-users at point of delivery * Undertake Lateral flow tests at sites specified by the council and within defined opening times * Deliver in line with the LFT Standard Operating Procedure, published by Department of Health & Social Care * Work in partnership with the Council to set up and management the site * Deliver a COVID-19 safe service with social distancing, personal protective equipment and face coverings * Deliver the service using appropriately trained staff, this will include a clinician onsite * Provide timely upload to the data collection website * Report on the number of tests taken daily for the initial two weeks, and move to weekly monitoring * Collect demographic data - sex, age, postcode and contact details of each individual tested * Advise the public on their test result and the need for whole household isolation and a confirmatory swab test (PCR test) in the case of a positive test * Provide daily reports on testing activity and % positive (moving to weekly after two weeks) * Deliver the service in line with appropriate clinical and information governance throughout the testing process. Contract is for a maximum period of 12 months, to a maximum value of PS950,000.00.
Procurement Information
1) The Covid-19 outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern declared by WHO on 30 January 2020. The WHO Director General characterised Covid-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. 2) An important element of ensuring an appropriate response is ensuring adequate testing and the Council is satisfied that 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 lateral flow tests were identified as strictly necessary to meet the demand to scale up the UK's mass testing programme. (b) There are genuine reasons for extreme urgency: the global demand for rapid antigen detection tests based on lateral flow technology (lateral flow devices, LFD) has recently significantly increased. The Council has been instructed by Government to rapidly test the local population to assist in the reduction of the Covid-19 infection rate across the Borough. (c) The events that have led to the need for extreme urgency were unforeseeable: the timing of availability of new Covid-19 lateral flow test technology meeting the UK technical requirements combined with international demand and limited global capacity was not foreseeable. (d) It is impossible to comply with the usual timescales in the Public Contracts Regulations: it is not possible to comply with the timescales of another procedure due to the urgent requirement to ensure the provision of the lateral flow tests services within the Bracknell Forest Borough. (e) The situation is not attributable to the contracting authority - the Council has not done anything to cause or contribute to the need for extreme urgency.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0293c6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003167-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Feb 20215 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Jan 20215 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BRACKNELL FOREST BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRACKNELL
- Postcode
- RG12 1JD
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ15 Berkshire East
- Delivery Location
- TLJ11 Berkshire
-
- Local Authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Electoral Ward
- Town Centre & The Parks
- Westminster Constituency
- Bracknell
Further Information
Notice URLs
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