What the buyer wrote
Costs associated with ongoing litigation associated with the COVID-19 response. In its response to COVID-19 and with only days available, MDC, on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care, is entering into contracts without competition or advertising the requirement. In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations (2015) and Procurement Policy Note 01/20, the following tests have been met: • There are genuine reasons for extreme urgency - the response to the COVID-19 consequences needs to be immediate because of public health risks. • The events that have led to the need for extreme urgency were unforeseen - the COVID-19 situation is so novel that the consequences are not so…
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Litigation Costs
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- services
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 17 May 2020
- Work ends
- 31 May 2020
- Kind of work
- Legal services, Marketing, advertising and communications
Who the buyer named
Ms Laura Hough was the named contact on this notice.