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title: "21080 CCC and PCC Urgent and Surge Community Swabbing Service for Covid-19"
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buyer: "CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL AND PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL"
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# 21080 CCC and PCC Urgent and Surge Community Swabbing Service for Covid-19

Buyer: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL AND PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5aad11b2-f39f-4a43-a602-c1f4c009b6b2

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## Summary

The procurement process for the "21080 CCC and PCC Urgent and Surge Community Swabbing Service for Covid-19" is led by the Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council. The procurement is classified under the "Laboratory, optical and precision equipment (excl. glasses)" industry category and takes place in the East of England, United Kingdom. The contract, valued at £249,000, is currently in the Award stage with a contract period set to commence on 18th August 2021 and concluding on 29th February 2024. This process followed an open procurement method, with the tender period ending on 12th July 2021.

This tender presents significant business opportunities, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) that can offer services related to community health and testing. Businesses equipped to deliver urgent swabbing services or those with experience in public health responses may find this opportunity especially advantageous to grow their participation in public health initiatives and enhance their service offerings in a crucial area of community support.

## Notice

Background National Approach to Test and Trace * The Government launched the NHS Test and Trace Service on 28th May 2020. This national service is designed to control the virus and enable people to live a safer and more normal life. The overarching guiding principles being Test; Trace; Contain; Enable. * The NHS Test and Trace Service will work as a proposed 3 tier system; Tier 1 is of relevance for the local testing system * Tier 1 will be a regionalised network, including sub-regional and localised delivery providing contact tracing, consequence management and support in relation to complex settings, cohorts and individuals / households. * Local planning and response will be the key to allowing the national service to work effectively at large scale. * Local outbreak control plans centring on 7 key themes will be developed; and key theme 3 is identified as 'local testing capacity' * The local testing service will need to ensure a swift response that is accessible to the local population (defining how to prioritise and manage deployment) * A key consideration will be the ability of the local testing system to be able to respond swiftly once a complex cluster or setting has been identified through the national NHS Test and Trace initiative or through any other national or local stakeholders; e.g. East of England PHE Centre Aims and Objectives * The objective is to ensure that swift and effective local provision of community swabbing is always available to support the multiagency SARS-CoV-2 outbreak response in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. * The aim will be to build on existing commissioned services (eg: School Nursing, District Nursing) in the creation of the systems and extra capacity required to achieve the objective above.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1cf0256-c00a-4145-85db-f0c0309e77a4 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Aug 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Jul 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Aug 2021 |
| Contract period | 29 Oct 2021 - 31 Dec 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £249,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £249,000 |
| 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 | CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL AND PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | CAMBRIDGE |
| Post town | Cambridge |
| Postcode | CB3 0AP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC |
| Local authority | Cambridge |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Cambridge |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

### Codes

- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

## Release History

- 12 Aug 2021 at 14:31 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1cf0256-c00a-4145-85db-f0c0309e77a4
- 17 Jun 2021 at 15:59 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0dcdc795-bd76-42f7-be19-86c5dbea81a8

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1cf0256-c00a-4145-85db-f0c0309e77a4
  12th August 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0dcdc795-bd76-42f7-be19-86c5dbea81a8
  17th June 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?p=4d8cb5a5-74dc-e511-810e-000c29c9ba21&v=1
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## Notice URLs

- https://procontract.due-north.com/Login

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