Malta Firm expresses interest in supplying 60 million Sputnik V vaccine doses to Haryana

A company in Malta has expressed interest in supplying 60 million doses of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' to Haryana, state government said on Sunday. According to Haryana ministration, Europe-based Pharma Regulatory Services Ltd has submitted an "Expression of Interest" in directly supplying COVID-19 doses to Haryana at  price of  Rs.1,120 per dose. With this, Haryana becomes first state to receive an EOI from a foreign company for direct vaccination supply. 

"As per offer me by firm, per dose cost of vaccine will be nearly Rs. 1,120. firm has furr given a timeline of 30 days to supply first batch of 5 lakh doses, followed by 1 million doses every 20 days till supply is completed against a letter of credit issued in ir name," Haryana government said in a statement.

Haryana floats global tender

To expedite vaccination drive in state, Haryana Medical Services Corporation Ltd (HMSCL) on May 26 issued a global tender asking companies to directly supply COVID-19 vaccines to state, however it was closed on June 5 after it received no bids. Notably, Maltese firm missed deline noneless, it expressed interest in supplying 'Sputnik V' to Haryana.  

Even though European firm was late in submitting its EOI, Haryana ditional Chief Secretary of Health Rajeev Arora has announced that Haryana government will review bid seriously to see if it fits contract’s parameters

“Although no bid was received in tender but an international pharma company with its hequarters in Malta namely Pharma Regulatory Services Limited has given an expression of Interest to HMSCL to provide up to 60 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine manufactured by Gamaleya Institute and Russian Direct Investment," Haryana government said.