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title: "Extension of term of Waste Water Surveillance Testing"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-028a7d"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE"
published: "2021-05-10"
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# Extension of term of Waste Water Surveillance Testing

Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-028a7d

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## Summary

The public procurement process involves the Department of Health and Social Care, which is purchasing services under the title "Extension of term of Waste Water Surveillance Testing". This contract falls within the medical laboratories industry category and is based in the UK. The current procurement stage is "Award", with the contract active and signed on 13 April 2021. The contract period runs from 16 February 2021 to 31 May 2021, with a total value of £58,800,000. The procurement method used is a direct award, as part of an urgent response to public health needs related to Covid-19 surveillance.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in medical laboratory services, particularly those equipped to handle complex testing processes such as wastewater analysis for Covid-19. Companies that can provide efficient logistics for collection, identification, packing, and transportation of samples may find themselves well-positioned to compete. With the ongoing demand for health-related services, suppliers that can demonstrate scalability and reliability will likely see growth from such government contracts.

## Notice

Collection, Identification, Packing and Transporting to the Laboratories for Wet Swab PCR Testing and analysis for Covid-19, includes subsequent variations to include REACT Wave 7 and Waste Water Testing

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Collection, Identification, Packing and Transporting to the Laboratories for waste water samples for testing and analysis for Covid-19 as part of the Govt Waste Water Surveillance Programme.

### Procurement Information

Negotiated procedure without prior publication1. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern as declared by the World Health Organisation on 30 January 2020. The WHO Director General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020.2. A key element of ensuring an effective response to the pandemic is ensuring that there is adequate testing. Subsequently securing sufficient COVID sampling consumables in order to process test results is crucial. A significant constraint on building capacity is timelines for filling and capping machinery. When investigating available delivery capacity, capacity availability was identified with the supplier and an opportunity arose to secure additional volumes of sample collection consumables ahead of lead times being provided by alternative suppliers. There is an ongoing gap between the daily capacity requirement for these consumables, with this contract accounting for a significant proportion of the capacity gap.3. DHSC is satisfied the tests permitting use of the Negotiated procedure without prior publication (Regulation 32(2)(c)) are met:A. As far as is strictly necessary: Increased supply of COVID sampling consumables to meet the increased number of tests now required was identified as strictly necessary to meet the demand to scale up the testing programme in the UK.B. There are genuine reasons for extreme urgency: It is responding to COVID-19 immediately because of public health risks presenting a genuine emergency. Sample collection consumables (i.e. tubes, swabs, and funnels) are a fundamental component in facilitating mass testing. Volume projections on supply of sampling consumables show a deficit v's supply for the sample collection consumables.C. The events that have led to the need for extreme urgency were unforeseeable: The Commission itself confirmed: "The current coronavirus crisis presents an extreme and unforeseeable urgency - precisely for such a situation our European rules enable public buyers to buy within a matter of days, even hours, if necessary." (Commissioner Breton, Internal Market, 01.04.2020).D. It is impossible to comply with the usual timescales in the PCR: It is not possible to comply with the timescales of another procedure due to the urgent requirement to ensure the amount of tests processed increases with the necessary demand. E. The situation is not attributable to the contracting authority - DHSC has not done anything to cause or contribute to the need for extreme urgency

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010116-2021 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 May 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Sep 2020 |
| Contract period | 16 Feb 2021 - 31 May 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £58,800,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 0EU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | EUROFINS BIOMNIS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85145000 - Services provided by medical laboratories

## Release History

- 10 May 2021 at 13:00 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010116-2021
- 22 Apr 2021 at 19:43 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008674-2021
- 14 Jan 2021 at 18:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000809-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/courts-tribunals
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care

## Provenance

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