Closed tender

Culture media in UKHSA regional and reference laboratories

Details

Value
£16,400,000
Topic
Reagents and contrast media
Published
1 July 2026
Submission
24 August 2026

Tender description

UK Health Security Agency are currently out to tender for the provision of culture media consumables for regional and reference laboratories. Deadline for submissions of the tender will be 12:00 noon on Monday 24th August 2026. Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted. Any questions relating to this tender should be made via correspondence on the website. Please do not engage with any persons in UKHSA via email or phone regarding this tender. UK3: Planned procurement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-036460 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0522e0 (view related notices) Published 22 April 2026, 10:44am

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published1 July 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date24 August 2026

About the buyer

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is an executive agency sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care, and buys through its own end-to-end commercial service. Procurement, contract management and market engagement sit within the Commercial, Vaccines and Countermeasures Delivery directorate. Contracts are tendered under UK procurement legislation that ensures open and fair competition between bidders. Suppliers register on the UKHSA eTendering Portal to take part. UKHSA hosts the Diagnostics and Research Open Framework for diagnostics and research supplies and services. A published pipeline lists larger planned commercial activity.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of UK Health Security Agency's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, laboratory and precision equipment and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 33696000 · Reagents and contrast media

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