Received bid for Pfizer vaccine, says BMC; company denies
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The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai said on Tuesday that it has received eight bids for the global tender floated by it for the procurement of 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses. Pfizer, however, told it has not authorised any company to bid on its behalf.
Reuters As stated earlier, during this pandemic phase, across the world, Pfizer is supplying its Covid vaccine only to central governments and supra-national organisations
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) said on Tuesday that it has received eight bids for the global tender floated by it for the procurement of 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses. MCGM commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said one bid has been received for the supply for
Mumbai Gets Bids For Pfizer, Other Vaccines Amid Global Tender Row Mumbai Gets Bids For Pfizer, Other Vaccines Amid Global Tender Row The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) had floated global tenders to buy vaccines at Rs 700 crore on May 12.
The Pfizer/AstraZeneca bid is from a Czech company called O2 Blue Energy SRL (File)
Mumbai:
The Mumbai civic body has received bids for the supply of Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Sputnik in response to its global tender for one crore doses, a top official said today. Pfizer has refused to sell its vaccine directly to states and had recently told Punjab it would only deal with the central government.