Government’s contracts with Randox Laboratories Ltd

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 25 Apr 2022 Closed: 8 Nov 2022 Parliament page
At the start of the pandemic Government had to rapidly create high volume COVID-19 testing capacity, but the National Audit Office (NAO) has found that, even taking the exceptional circumstances into account, “the documentation of the decision-making process for such large contracts was inadequate”, and Government did “not document key … Read more
12 Recommendations
11 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
5 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 9 events
8 Nov
2022
Report published
8 Nov
2022
Correspondence
20 Oct
2022
Correspondence
20 Oct
2022
Correspondence
27 Jul
2022
Report published
21 Jun
2022
Correspondence
24 May
2022
Correspondence
18 May
2022
Oral evidence
18 May
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
18 May 2022
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Government’s contracts with Randox Laboratories Ltd
Dame Dr Jenny Harries · UK Health Security Agency Shona Dunn · Home Office
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventeenth Report - Government’s contracts with Randox Laborato… HC 28 27 Jul 2022 23 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
5 results
Clear
1 Conclusion Not Addressed
Seventeenth Report - Government’s …
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department of Health & Social Care (the Department) and the UK Health Security Agency (the Agency) about the government’s contracts with Randox Laboratories … Read more
Government Response
The government provides background information on the contracts awarded to Randox Laboratories Ltd during the COVID-19 pandemic but doesn't respond to any specific recommendation.
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17 Conclusion
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Randox asked for government help within weeks of being awarded its first contract to enable...
Randox asked for government help within weeks of being awarded its first contract to enable it to deliver its contracted level of tests. Randox needed access to specialist testing equipment held in universities and other laboratory facilities, which it and … Read more
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18 Conclusion Not Addressed
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The first contract was originally intended to run for 12 weeks, ending in June 2020.
The first contract was originally intended to run for 12 weeks, ending in June 2020. However, Randox faced difficulties meeting the service levels specified in the contract. There were a number of reasons for this, including Randox taking longer than … Read more
Government Response
The response addresses a different conclusion/recommendation (conclusion #19) about holding Randox to account.
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20 Conclusion
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For its first testing contract with Randox, the Department paid a price of £49.60 per...
For its first testing contract with Randox, the Department paid a price of £49.60 per single test. The contract price included the cost of supplying test kits, laboratory processing, transporting test kits and completed samples, and reporting of results. The … Read more
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21 Conclusion
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The Department said that in relation to contract pricing, it did not consider the advantage...
The Department said that in relation to contract pricing, it did not consider the advantage to Randox that might be gained by the company winning early government contracts for testing (for example, from setting itself up as an established provider … Read more
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Government Response AI assessment · 20 of 12 classified
Accepted 18
Not Addressed 2
Total 12 recs + 11 conclusions
Correspondence 5 letters
8 Nov 2022 Correspondence from Shona Dunn, Second Permanent Secretary Department of Health and Social Care, re TM17 - Treasury Minute response to the Randox PAC report, dated 31 October 2022
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20 Oct 2022 Correspondence from Schillings relating to the Government's Contracts with Randox Laboratories Ltd dated 14 September 2022, 25 and 26 July 2022
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20 Oct 2022 Correspondence to Schillings relating to the Government's contracts with Randox Laboratories Ltd dated 20 October 2022 and 26 July 2022
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21 Jun 2022 Joint correspondence from Shona Dunn, Second Permanent, Secretary Department of Health and Social Care and Dr Jenny Harries OBE, Chief Executive, UK Health Security Agency, re Public Accounts Committee, Government’s contracts with Randox Laboratories Ltd, dated 13 June 2022
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24 May 2022 Correspondence from The RT Hon Matt Hancock, West Suffolk, re NAO report on the Government's contracts with Randox Laboratories Ltd, dated 20 May 2022
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