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I reckon it's more like a prisoner dilemma where the UK rather goes at it on it's own rather than stick to the pack.
To be fair some of the EU countries have been doing the same (ie closing vaccine deals alone or in smaller groups): https://www.france24.com/en/20200613-covid-19-france-italy-germany-and-netherlands-sign-vaccine-deal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/10/uk-has-opted-out-of-eu-coronavirus-vaccine-programme-sources-say
UK government claims scheme won't add anything to help UK, I don't have the knowledge to evaluate if that's true or false. Anybody on here know?