ADVANCE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 VACCINE

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Procurement of Janssen's vaccine candidate Ad26.COV2-S. Lot 1: This contract has been procured using the negotiated procedure without prior publication under regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the basis that the award of the contract to Janssen is strictly necessary for unforeseeable reasons of extreme urgency; i.e. the urgent requirement to secure priority access to a viable vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic (Regulation 32(2)(c)). Additional information: Information on contract value is being withheld due to commercial sensitivity under Regulation 50(6)(b) and (c) as the publication of the price may enable competitors to calculate cost per dose. This will (i) commercially prejudice the supplier in its ongoing negotiations with other national governments; (ii) commercially prejudice the contracting authority in its ongoing negotiations with other vaccine vendors and (iii) impact fair competition between vaccine vendors.