Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 Victoria Street, Westminster
London
SW1H 0ET
UK
Contact person: VTF Commercial Team
Telephone: +44 2072155000
E-mail: VTFContracts@beis.gov.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Supply Agreement for AZD1222
Reference number: 2577/08/2020
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33651600
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Procurement of the AZD1222 vaccine.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH12
Main site or place of performance:
Cambridgeshire CC.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Procurement of the AZD1222 vaccine.
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
Contract value is being withheld due to commercial sensitivity (Reg 50(6)(b) and (c)). Publication may enable competitors to calculate cost per dose. This will commercially prejudice:
(i) the supplier in its negotiations with other national governments; and
(ii) the contracting authority in negotiations with other vaccine vendors.
It may also impact fair competition between vaccine vendors.
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
The award of the contract to AZ is strictly necessary for unforeseeable reasons of extreme urgency; i.e. the urgent requirement to find a viable vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic (Regulation 32(2)(c)). In addition competition was absent from any competed procurement because AZ has exclusive rights to the vaccine being developed by Oxford University (Reg 32(2)(b)(iii)).
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 2577/08/2020
Title: Supply Agreement for AZD1222
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/08/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
AstraZeneca UK Ltd
03674842
1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AA
UK
NUTS: UKH12
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Contract end date is being withheld on grounds that release would be contrary to public interest (Reg 50(6)(a)) and commercial sensitivity (Reg 50(6)(b) and (c)). The date is variable based on production and delivery. Given significant challenges to overcome, the end date may set unrealistic expectation for the public/market. Also, given significant competition to bring to the market a successful vaccine, provision of the contract term is valuable information to competitors that may impact negotiations/ future competition.
Sub-contractor details are being withheld on grounds that release would be contrary to public interest (Reg 50(6)(a)). This is very sensitive given potential for targeting and disruption of the activities at facilities which are critical to success and delivery of contract.
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Go reference: GO-2020930-PRO-17154323
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 Victoria Street, Westminister
London
SW1H 0ET
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/09/2020