{ "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-02a774-2021-04-19T12:22:42+01:00", "date": "2021-04-19T12:22:42+01:00", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-02a774", "initiationType": "tender", "tender": { "id": "XMNPROGAPR3", "legalBasis": { "id": "32014L0024", "scheme": "CELEX" }, "title": "The provision of freight services for the supply of lateral flow test kits for testing of COVID-19", "status": "complete", "classification": { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "63521000", "description": "Freight transport agency services" }, "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "description": "The provision of freight services for the supply of lateral flow test kits for testing of COVID-19", "lots": [ { "id": "1", "description": "Direct Award under Reg 32 of the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 for COVID-19 response", "awardCriteria": { "criteria": [ { "type": "price" } ] }, "hasOptions": false, "status": "cancelled" } ], "items": [ { "id": "1", "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UK" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "procurementMethod": "limited", "procurementMethodDetails": "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition", "coveredBy": [ "GPA" ], "procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [ { "scheme": "TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL", "id": "D_EXTREME_URGENCY", "description": "Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive" } ], "procurementMethodRationale": "The Government has set out the increase of COVID-19 testing capacity as a cornerstone of its strategy to combat rising rates of infection, suppressing community transmission, savings lives and ultimately supporting societal and economic recovery.Successful validation of an initial range of newly developed COVID-19 lateral flow test kits was completed by the DHSC in September, allowing for orders to be placed to secure a sustainable supply of significant volumes of these products, as a fundamental enabler of the expansion of the testing programme.The supply of these new test kits is currently limited in the face of very high global demand and consequently it was necessary to contract for supply on an ex-works basis for product manufactured in China in order to secure the required quantity of product and prevent gazumping.Where product has be sourced on an ex works basis it is imperative that this product is moved at the earliest opportunity to prevent it being sold to higher bidders.In addition the rising rates of infection in the UK and predicted growth in cases over the coming months, has created an urgent need for these new test kits to support the testing programme in the UK and therefore Air Freight presents the only viable mode for moving product to the UK in time to meet the operational requirements of the testing programme.In light of these factors the contract was awarded to ACS to meet the specific urgent need to transport test kits to the UK, utilising flights from XMN during April 2021.The short lead time between validating new test kits and needing these kits in the UK to support the national response to a second wave of COVID-19 cases in the UK, justifies the use of direct award under Regulation 32" }, "awards": [ { "id": "008195-2021-1", "relatedLots": [ "1" ], "status": "active", "hasSubcontracting": true, "subcontracting": { "description": "ACS is a brokerage company-this contract is therefore subcontracted to another company-details withheld because to do so would breach specific confidentiality agreements and would aggravate relationships with their service partners" }, "suppliers": [ { "id": "GB-FTS-12935", "name": "Air Charter Service Ltd" } ] } ], "parties": [ { "id": "GB-FTS-43", "name": "Department of Health and Social Care", "identifier": { "legalName": "Department of Health and Social Care" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "39 Victoria Street", "locality": "London", "region": "UKI32", "postalCode": "SW1H 0EU", "countryName": 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High Court", "identifier": { "legalName": "The High Court" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "Strand", "locality": "London", "postalCode": "WC2A 2LL", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, "contactPoint": { "email": "generaloffice@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk" }, "roles": [ "reviewBody" ], "details": { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/courts-tribunals" } } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-FTS-43", "name": "Department of Health and Social Care" }, "contracts": [ { "id": "008195-2021-1", "awardID": "008195-2021-1", "status": "active", "dateSigned": "2021-04-16T00:00:00+01:00" } ], "bids": { "statistics": [ { "id": "3", "measure": "bids", "relatedLot": "1", "value": 1 }, { "id": "1", "measure": "lowestValidBidValue", "relatedLot": "1", "value": 4229500, "currency": "USD" }, { "id": "2", "measure": "highestValidBidValue", "relatedLot": "1", "value": 4229500, "currency": "USD" } ] }, "language": "en" }