Awarded contract

Agreement for the reservation of manufacturing capacity and production and supply of influenza pandemic specific vaccine during a pandemic.

Details

Supplier(s)
Seqirus UK Ltd
Value
£1
Duration
4 years
Topic
Influenza vaccines
Published
2 October 2023

Tender description

Agreement for the reservation of manufacturing capacity and production and supply of influenza pandemic specific vaccine during a pandemic. Additional information: The contract has the option to be extended for up to 6 years in fixed increments of 2 years at a time (i.e. 4+2+2+2). The total contract term including any extensions will not exceed 10 years. Information on the contract value has been withheld pursuant to regulation 50(6)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) so as not to prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of the supplier. The contract is for the benefit of the Authority & NHS bodies along with any other non-NHS bodies which are necessary for the delivery of services or goods to NHS bodies, local authorities, other government departments & their executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies charged with the delivery of healthcare or health related services in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies & British Overseas Territories including without limitation, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and Scottish Ministers. The resulting products delivered against the contract may be made available to the UK devolved administrations, Crown Dependencies & British Overseas Territories to undertake their respective vaccination programmes.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 September 2023
  2. Completed: Award published2 October 2023
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 August 2027in 11 months

About the buyer

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is an executive agency sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care, and buys through its own end-to-end commercial service. Procurement, contract management and market engagement sit within the Commercial, Vaccines and Countermeasures Delivery directorate. Contracts are tendered under UK procurement legislation that ensures open and fair competition between bidders. Suppliers register on the UKHSA eTendering Portal to take part. UKHSA hosts the Diagnostics and Research Open Framework for diagnostics and research supplies and services. A published pipeline lists larger planned commercial activity.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of UK Health Security Agency's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, laboratory and precision equipment and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 33651660 · Influenza vaccines

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