# Purchase of Rotorgene system

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Public Health England
- Contract winner: [QIAGEN Ltd](/contract-winners/qiagen/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £150,000
- Tender value: £82,982
- Award date: 24 June 2020
- Published: 29 March 2021
- Contract start: 31 July 2020
- Contract end: 30 July 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 852b18fa-d46f-4a93-ae01-e09e371ab743-424340
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1a27c7b5-3efe-45af-b898-78d780953add

## Description

The UK Government must protect the health and wellbeing of UK citizens\. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern \(PHEIC\) 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\. 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 \(CCA 2004\)\. To respond to the recent COVID-19 outbreak Public Health England has awarded a contract to Qiagen for the provision of Rotor Gene systems to ensure continuity of the service\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/852b18fa-d46f-4a93-ae01-e09e371ab743-424340)