Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Health
Clare House 303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
UK
Contact person: CPD Supplies and Services Division
E-mail: collaboration.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UKN
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.finance-ni.gov.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
DoF/DoH Collaborative Contract for Personal Protective Equipment
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33199000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The contract will provide bulk supplies of pandemic related personal protective equipment and clothing for frontline staff in the NI public sector. The original contract was agreed on 30 April 2020, however additional refinements were made to the contract which concluded on 11 June 2020.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
60 313 800.00
EUR
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contract will provide supplies of pandemic related PPE to help frontline workers across the NI public sector.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
This contract is for continuity of supply of pandemic related PPE to frontline workers in the NI public sector. The value of purchases will be demand led and will depend on the projected needs of the NI health service and wider public sector. The value of spend under this arrangement will be a minimum of GBP 60 million. There is no upper limit on the value of the contract given that it is demand led.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive
Explanation
Covid-19 is a health crisis that requires swift and agile responses in dealing with an immense increase of demand for similar goods and services while global supply chains are disrupted. The use this regulation has been required to ensure public workers have availability of personal protective equipment such as face masks and protective gloves, and other medical supplies. Given the extreme and unforeseeable urgency presented by the unprecedented disruption to supply chains and the shortage of PPE across the world, it was not possible to follow the standard competitive procedures outlined in the directive.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Title: DoF/DoH Collaborative Contract for Personal Protective Equipment
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
11/06/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
China Resources Pharmaceutical Commercial Group
5/F, No 1 Building, No 9 Xinghuo Road
Beijing
CN
NUTS: 00
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 170 000 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The value of this contract will be demand led. The contract will be used to meet the pandemic related demand for PPE for NI public sector workers. The minimum value of the contract is GBP 60 million. A value of GBP 170 million has been included as a indicative total contract value, however the contract spend may be lower or higher than this value depending on the need for PPE by NI public sector workers.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal / mediation procedures
Belfast
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal / mediation procedures
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contract has been awarded. Bodies wishing to exercise their rights under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 can do so through the NI Courts and Tribunal Service (NICTS).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/06/2020