# Provision of RealStar® PCR kits

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Public Health England.

## Key facts

- Buyer: Public Health England
- Supplier: [Altona Diagnostics UK Ltd](/suppliers/altona-diagnostics-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £2,700,000
- Tender value: £2,700,000
- Award date: 4 December 2020
- Published: 9 January 2021
- Contract start: 4 December 2020
- Contract end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: e9c92069-9ab6-4bd1-8ca5-2fc544a29939-404731
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-46eec3a4-fd63-43d1-a2fc-471fd5d88fd6

## 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 \(CCA 2004\)\. This urgent requirement is in response to the recent COVID -19 outbreak\. The negotiated procedure without a prior publication has been used due to extreme urgency on the grounds of regulation 32\(2\)\(c\) as the purchase of RealStar® PCR kits will increase testing capacity for Covid 19 activities\. Additional information: The agreement with the Supplier was reached on 04 December 2020; however, purchases have been made since the beginning of the pandemic from 1 April 2020 for Covid-19 activities\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e9c92069-9ab6-4bd1-8ca5-2fc544a29939-404731)