Orchid Cellmark Limited: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

Large organisationCompanies House: Private Limited CompanyWolverhamptonWest MidlandsMain market: Laboratory services

Companies House04045527 ↗ · Active

Procedures with an award2130 award records

Public authorities17named on published awards

Attributable award value£1.3mnet · on 3 of 22 award records · single-supplier, no ceilings

Last 12 months3awards · 1 in the prior 24 months · last 14 Aug 2026

Contracts ending ≤18 months2end date on 22 of 30 awards

Buyer regions8most often Greater London

Where they win
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21 awards (21 for a named lot, 100%, 0 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 21 awards. An award may cover more than one class.

7190 Laboratory services11 awards · 52% · awards naming a lot

7160 Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services2 awards · 10% · awards naming a lot

7524 Public security, law and order services2 awards · 10% · awards naming a lot

9071 Environmental management2 awards · 10% · awards naming a lot

Attributable award value

£1.3mOn 3 of 22 award records; the five largest make 100%. Largest rows below.

Typical attributable award

£500k middle valuemoderate · n=3

Award vs estimate

Based on 1 wins in its industry (CPV division 71). Small sample.

0% at estimateindicative · n=1compared within CPV division 71

Largest published awards i	Authority	Awarded	Term	Published value
Tachograph Forensic Services	HM Revenue & Customs	14 Aug 2026	3 yrs · up to 5 yrs	£575,000 ≈ £192k/yr
Tachograph Forensic Analysis Services	HM Revenue & Customs	—	—	£500,000 †
eDNA Kits, analysis of returned samples, and associated reporting - Lot 1	NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)	—	—	£273,000 †

Where their buyers are
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ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 21 of 21 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once

Greater London7 procedures · 33%

South East England5 procedures · 24%

North West England2 procedures · 10%

East of England2 procedures · 10%

Wales (Cymru)2 procedures · 10%

West Midlands1 procedure · 5%

South West England1 procedure · 5%

Scotland1 procedure · 5%

Who they sell to
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Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · a framework or DPS adds one award record per appointed supplier

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)

Police & fire57%(12 awards)
12 of 21 awards are Police & fire (57%).
Central government14%(3 awards)
3 of 21 awards are Central government (14%).
Local authority14%(3 awards)
3 of 21 awards are Local authority (14%).
Type not classified14%(3 awards)
3 of 21 awards are Type not classified (14%).

Authority	Procedures	Share	Award records	Last activity
Ministry of Defenceframework/DPS on 2	3	14.3%	3	3 Nov 2026
HM Revenue & Customs	2	9.5%	2	14 Aug 2026
Norfolk County Councilframework/DPS on 2	2	9.5%	2	21 Mar 2023
Police and Crime Commissioner for Dyfed Powys	1	4.8%	9	25 Apr 2022
Liverpool City Councilframework/DPS on 1	1	4.8%	2	27 Apr 2021
NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)	1	4.8%	1	22 Feb 2024
Thames Valley Policeframework/DPS on 1	1	4.8%	1	31 Mar 2026
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary	1	4.8%	1	4 Nov 2025

Share = of the 21 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.

Contracts ending
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22 of 30 awards carry an end date, 12 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Contract	Ends	Published value
Family Support, Assessment and Therapy Framework - Jan 23 Re-Opening - AWARD	31 Mar 2027	Not published

Soonest 1 of 2.

Recent awards

Latest 22 of 22 award records naming this supplier

Contracts Finder adds 8 more procedures won by this supplier, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list.

Award / procedure	Authority	Awarded	Published value
DNA, Drugs and Alcohol Testing Services Framework	Liverpool City Council	Not published	Not published
DNA, Drugs and Alcohol Testing Services Framework	Liverpool City Council	Not published	Not published

About this data

One profile per supplier. Built from award and contract notices that name this supplier; different spellings and registration numbers of the same company are merged into this profile.
Values are published values. The table mirrors what the notice published: framework ceilings and joint awards are labelled and never counted as this supplier's money, and † marks a value taken from the contract notice when the award published none. Only awards made to this supplier alone count towards its value, excluding VAT. It is not turnover.
Regions in the buyer chart describe the buyer office, not where the work is delivered or the supplier’s registered address.
Contract end dates. Published on 10 of 30 awards, estimated from the published duration on 12 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.