# Purchase of two Centrifuges for Covid-19 blood work

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Public Health England
- Contract winner: [VWR International Ltd](/contract-winners/vwr-international/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £14,466
- Tender value: £14,466
- Award date: 16 June 2020
- Published: 30 March 2021
- Contract start: 17 June 2020
- Contract end: 16 June 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: a22a1d43-7ea9-45c4-9395-82ec0dbff9d9-424723
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-cc78f971-7412-4a0b-ae5a-9250dffd0ee3

## Description

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

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a22a1d43-7ea9-45c4-9395-82ec0dbff9d9-424723)