The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published this notice through Delta eSourcing
Notice Summary |
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Title: | Capacity Reservation Agreement |
Notice type: | Contract Award Notice |
Authority: | The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) |
Nature of contract: | Supplies |
Procedure: | Award without prior publication |
Short Description: | Procurement of the Covid-19 Adjuvanted Pandemic Vaccine. |
Published: | 17/11/2020 17:27 |
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Section I: Contracting Authority
I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 2072155000, Email: VTFContracts@beis.gov.uk
Main Address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy
NUTS Code: UKI
I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No
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 Of The Contract
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Capacity Reservation Agreement
Reference number: 2611/09/2020
II.1.2) Main CPV code:
33651600 - Vaccines.
II.1.3) Type of contract: SUPPLIES
II.1.4) Short description: Procurement of the Covid-19 Adjuvanted Pandemic Vaccine.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 1
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
Not Provided
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UKJ11 - Berkshire
Main site or place of performance:
Berkshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement: Procurement of the Covid-19 Adjuvanted Pandemic Vaccine
II.2.5) Award criteria:
Price - Weighting: 100
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) & (c)). Publication may enable competitors to calculate cost per dose. This will commercially prejudice (i) the supplier in its negotiations with other national governments & (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 in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below (please complete Annex D1)
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No
IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: No
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Not Provided
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No
Section V: Award of contract
Award Of Contract (No.1)
Contract No: 2611/09/2020
Lot Number: Not Provided
Title: Not Provided
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 16/09/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes
Contractor (No.1)
Aventis Pharma Ltd, 01535640
Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1PT, United Kingdom
NUTS Code: UKJ11
The contractor is an SME: No
Contractor (No.2)
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A, BE 0440.872.918
Rue de l’Institut 89, Rixensart, B-1330, Belgium
NUTS Code: BE31
The contractor is an SME: No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 1
Total value of the contract/lot: 1
Currency: GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information: Additional information: Contract end date is being withheld on grounds that release would be contrary to public interest (Reg 50(6)(a)) & commercial sensitivity (Reg 50(6)(b) & (c)). The date is variable based on production & 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.
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
1 Victoria Street, Westminister, London, SW1H 0ET, United Kingdom
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Not Provided
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 17/11/2020
ANNEX D
1. Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to: Not Provided
The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive (for supplies only): No
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: No
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive: Yes
Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive: No
Procurement of supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market: No
Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms: No
3. Explanation
The award of the contract to Aventis Pharma and GSK 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)).