# Quality Control Testing of Lateral Flow Test Kits

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Department of Health and Social Care \(T&T\)
- Contract winner: Intertek
- Award value: £376,550
- Tender value: £376,550
- Award date: 16 December 2020
- Published: 31 March 2021
- Contract start: 1 November 2020
- Contract end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: d7fe63e6-1a74-412c-82e7-d2629f5defb9-425291
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d6bf456e-331a-44be-837a-6b58329a6f0b

## Description

To obtain independent assurance that SARS CoV-2 Antigen qualitative test kits for clinical samples are consistently performing accurately in line with manufacturer claims and to identify any batches of test kits that may not be operating optimally\. To obtain independent assurance that the test kit sampling swabs are sterile prior to use\. The consequence of doing nothing is that the tests above an expected failure rate will be delayed deploying into the mission\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d7fe63e6-1a74-412c-82e7-d2629f5defb9-425291)