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Contract record · DHSC/2020/PPE/4471

Supply of examination gloves and aprons

Supply of nitrile examination gloves and disposable aprons to national distribution centres during the coronavirus response period.

The money trail

Public money

Taxpayer funds

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Public authority

Department of Health and Social Care
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Procurement

Direct award

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Approval

Award made without prior publication of a call for competition, citing extreme urgency. Approval route stated at departmental level in the transparency notice.

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Contract

DHSC/2020/PPE/4471

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Supplier

Meridian Clinical Supply Ltd
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Value

£18,750,000

Record

Awarding authority

Department of Health and Social Care · Central government department

Supplier

Meridian Clinical Supply Ltd · Company number 00000000 (illustrative)

Original estimated value

£18,750,000

Final / recorded value

£18,750,000

Award date

6 May 2020

Contract term

8 May 2020 — 30 Nov 2020

Procurement procedure

Direct award

Bidders disclosed

Not publicly disclosed

Who approved this?

Award made without prior publication of a call for competition, citing extreme urgency. Approval route stated at departmental level in the transparency notice.

No individual decision-maker is named in any located public record. We do not infer personal responsibility from office held.

Modifications & extensions

None recorded.

Timeline

  1. 6 May 2020

    Award decision

    Direct award recorded, citing extreme urgency.

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  2. 8 May 2020

    Contract begins

    Start date stated in the award notice.

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  3. 19 Jun 2020

    Award notice published

    Notice published after contract commencement.

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  4. 30 Nov 2020

    Contract ends

    End date stated in the award notice.

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