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Public Health England

Purchase of Liquid handling robot for Vaccines and antivirals Covid-19 work

Medical Equipment & PharmaCPV 33000000 33100000
Value£20k
Awarded21 Dec 2020
Published21 Jan 2021
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£20ktotal contract value
median £123k
this tender£0£16.5m

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The brief

Public Health England (PHE) discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004).

This urgent requirement is in response to the recent COVID -19 outbreak.

A direct award has been made due to extreme urgency under current public procurement regulations using regulation 32(2)(c) to Qiagen Ltd for the provision of liquid handling robot, QIAgility, to increase capacity and ensure continuity of service.

PHE has award the contract via direct award under Lot 1 Diagnostics of the PHE Microbiology Framework.

Key requirements

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A direct award has been made due

A direct award has been made due to extreme urgency under current public procurement regulations using regulation 32(2)(c) to Qiagen Ltd for the provision of liquid handling robot, QIAgility, to increase capacity and ensure continuity of service.

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