Purchase of two Centrifuges for Covid-19 blood work

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 this requirement provides at short notice to support emergency public health response relating to COVID-19.

To increase capacity and to reduce turnaround time PHE has awarded contract to VWR International Ltd for the provision of two centrifuges for blood work for Covid 19