Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c5f-55cb-7282-842b-0454ea9d6a65/thermo-fisher-supply-of-covid-19-test-kits awarded GB negotiated without publication procedure # Thermo Fisher - Supply of Covid-19 Test Kits [Department of Health and Social Care](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-of-health-and-social-care) Often single bidder Estimated value £1,159,200 Published 18 May 2020 Deadline Closed 6 Apr 2020 ## About this tender The Government must protect the health and well-being 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 Jan 2020. The WHO Director General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 Mar 2020. A key element of ensuring an effective response to the pandemic is ensuring that there are adequate volumes of testing. This is why on 27 March 2020, the Government announced major plans to rapidly expand the volume of COVID-19 testing. A key element of these plans is testing of Key Workers in the first instance before rolling out more widely. This represents Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 of the Testing Strategy communicated and implemented by the Government. COVID-19 is serious and its consequences pose a risk to life. Cabinet Office published PPN 01/20: Responding to COVID-19 on procuring with extreme urgency which states that contracting authorities may enter into contracts without competing or advertising the requirement where certain tests are met, as follows: - There are genuine reasons for extreme urgency as there is a significant public health risk requiring immediate action as a result of COVID-19. - The COVID-19 outbreak and its consequences are unprecedented and the Contracting Authority could not have reasonably foreseen either of these. - It is not possible to comply with the timescales of another procedure due to the urgent requirement to obtain the testing kits and associated services being contracted for. It is imperative that testing is quickly and securely mobilised and for the service to be provided on a nationwide scale for Key Workers rapidly. - The COVID 19 pandemic and its consequences are not attributable to the Contracting Authority. Read full description ## CPV classification Medical consumables Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/cc55f567-a9c4-4ba3-adc3-7d2a66204709) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Department of Health and Social Care: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-of-health-and-social-care) [Sector More Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/medical-equipment-pharmaceuticals) ## More tenders like this [Custom made Cranial Plates Tender · Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · 29 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a158c1-0673-726d-b0b6-25ad41206a9b/custom-made-cranial-plates-tender) [Pharmaceutical products – Open-House-Rabattverträge 2026-17 Tafamidis · Techniker Krankenkasse · 773 days left · 30 Nov 2028](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-aa23-7217-b0b6-daa9dc9fe3b2/germany-pharmaceutical-products-open-house-rabattvertrage-2026-17-tafamidis) [Enteral feeds – Enteralna prehrana · Klinički Bolnički Centar Split · 31 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-61f0-727d-a7e5-8af11fde40a5/croatia-enteral-feeds-enteralna-prehrana) [Operating-theatre devices – Operační stoly · Fakultní nemocnice Brno · 30 days left · 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6f95-7385-a1b5-a45251fdf818/czechia-operating-theatre-devices-operacni-stoly) [Orthopaedic implants – Dostawa implantów ortopedycznych · Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Białymstoku · 31 days left · 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-a014-7092-93fd-a23b17232c85/poland-orthopaedic-implants-dostawa-implantow-ortopedycznych) [Autoclaves – Autoklaver till Tandvårdshögskolan i Malmö · Malmö universitet · 9 days left · 28 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-9dd7-7329-993d-a6e0f71667e9/sweden-autoclaves-autoklaver-till-tandvardshogskolan-i-malmo)