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Details
- Buyer
- UK Biobank Ltd
- Supplier(s)
- Harrow Green Ltd
- Value
- £70,140
- Duration
- 1 year
- Topic
- Road transport services
- Published
- 28 May 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
UK Biobank is undertaking an infrastructure replacement that will move operations from our existing facility in Stockport to a purpose-built facility at Manchester Science Park. This involves moving more than 11 million samples stored in SBS-racks from -80°C storage (primarily automated storage) from the Stockport site to Manchester site. Samples will be moved to Ultra Low Temperature freezers ahead of the move. UK Biobank requires a logistics company who is experienced with site-to-site relocations of biological samples in Ultra Low temperature freezers at -80°C to physically move the samples ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award published28 May 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date28 May 2026
- Next: Contract expiry date26 May 2027in 7 months
About the buyer
UK Biobank Ltd is a large-scale biomedical database and research resource based in Stockport. The database holds genetic, lifestyle and health information from around half a million UK participants. Approved researchers undertaking health-related research in the public interest can access it. Recent larger tenders use a two-stage process that starts with a Procurement Specific Questionnaire. The company has used the Digital Workplace Solutions 2 framework from NHS SBS to buy server hardware.
Over the past 5 years, most of UK Biobank Ltd's contract awards have been in IT services, office and computing equipment and software and information systems.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@uk-biobank-ltd.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@uk-biobank-ltd.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@uk-biobank-ltd.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@uk-biobank-ltd.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@uk-biobank-ltd.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@uk-biobank-ltd.gov |
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