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title: "Rapid Manufacture Ventilator System-Contract Manufacture Agreement for the Plexus Helix model"
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# Rapid Manufacture Ventilator System-Contract Manufacture Agreement for the Plexus Helix model

Buyer: CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0d283ea1-4385-41f6-ae55-3fa1bcdfad57

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## Summary

The Crown Commercial Service has awarded a contract for the provision of Rapid Manufacture Ventilator Systems in response to the UK government's 'Ventilator Challenge'. Plexus CORP UK Ltd was selected as the supplier, with a contract value of £14,532,365.37. The contract period started on April 2, 2020, and ended on April 2, 2021. The award was made on April 2, 2020, and the tender closed on April 1, 2020. The procurement falls under the industry category of Anaesthesia and resuscitation, with the buying organisation located in Liverpool, England.

This opportunity for business growth in the goods category was awarded through a non-competitive procurement method, without prior publication of a call for competition. Businesses involved in manufacturing or supplying medical equipment, especially in the field of anaesthesia and resuscitation, would be well-suited to compete for similar contracts in the future. The contract aimed to support the UK National Health Service (NHS) in its response to the global Covid-19 pandemic by increasing ventilator supply. Firms with experience in rapid manufacturing and healthcare equipment production would find this tender particularly relevant for business expansion.

## Notice

The 'Ventilator Challenge' was created by the UK government and delivered across several government departments (Department of Health and Social Care, Cabinet Office and Ministry of Defence) as part of the drive to increase ventilator supply and support the UK National Health Service (NHS) in its response to the Coronavirus disease global pandemic (Covid-19). In March 2020, the Prime Minister called on manufacturers to help the UK to step up production of ventilators to support the UK's response to the virus and save lives. This included working on new or adapted ventilator designs, as well the Government's work to buy ventilators from abroad. Additional information: This contract was awarded as a result of the RMVS project. RMVS CANs Existing CANs relating to the RMVS project are 2020/S 100-243206, 2020/S 167-406004 and 2021/S 002-003456 (RMVS CANs). Due to the need to respond rapidly to the emerging situation, some design work, testing, developing and manufacturing was undertaken before a formalised contract with known costs and outputs was put in place between Cabinet Office and those RMVS suppliers at the time of the RMVS CANs. Instead Cabinet Office gave commitments to those RMVS suppliers to enable those suppliers to support the RMVS project at significant pace and to mitigate those suppliers operating entirely at risk during extremely turbulent and changing circumstances. The RMVS CANs reflected the estimated values as best known at the time and cost caps within which suppliers were operating. At the time of the RMVS CANs, in order to be as transparent as possible with the market, information available at the time of entering into those commitments was provided, notwithstanding that it was expected to take several months to settle on the final output and resulting contracts. The RMVS CANs were therefore published to notify the market of the estimated and maximum limits of the commitments Cabinet Office had entered into to support the RMVS project. Where a supplier appears on more than one RMVS CAN, this reflects an increase to the estimate or cost cap previously notified to the market. This contract is the Ventilator Challenge: Provision of Rapid Manufacture Ventilator Systems (RMVS) resulting from the support by Plexus CORP UK Ltd to the RMVS project and which is the output of Plexus CORP UK Ltd appearing on 2020/S 100-243206 of the RMVS CANs.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8979a59f-4adf-4cc7-ba73-7821fd32295a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in Additional Information. Please refer to attachment area for full justification |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Feb 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Apr 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Apr 2020 |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2020 - 2 Apr 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £14,532,365 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £14,532,365 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Post town | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L3 9PP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Electoral ward | City Centre North |
| Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PLEXUS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

### Codes

- 33170000 - Anaesthesia and resuscitation

## Release History

- 28 Feb 2023 at 14:40 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8979a59f-4adf-4cc7-ba73-7821fd32295a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8979a59f-4adf-4cc7-ba73-7821fd32295a
  28th February 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/df52a235-55da-469c-a4d6-4da642ec3fc0
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/cb03de72-6cc8-4a64-b6be-d177d8ea786a
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005828-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.gov.uk/ccs

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