Purchase of Liquid handling robot for Vaccines and antivirals Covid-19 work

Public Health England (PHE) discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004). This urgent requirement is in response to the recent COVID -19 outbreak. A direct award has been made due to extreme urgency under current public procurement regulations using regulation 32(2)(c) to Qiagen Ltd for the provision of liquid handling robot, QIAgility, to increase capacity and ensure continuity of service. PHE has award the contract via direct award under Lot 1 Diagnostics of the PHE Microbiology Framework.