Award of Covid-19 National Testing Programme to University of Oxford

Awarded 31 Mar 2020

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Awarded31 Mar 2020
Value£10,834,564.00
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryHealth & Medical
Ended 3y 7mo ago2y 12mo term
Awarded 31 Mar 2020Expired 30 Mar 2023

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) awarded a contract to University of Oxford for the Covid-19 National Testing Programme.

The contract, valued at £10,834,564, was awarded under Regulation 14 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR2015), which subjects certain R&D services to Part 2 public procurement rules when the benefits accrue exclusively to the contracting authority for its use in the conduct of its own affairs and the service is wholly remunerated by the contracting authority.

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