Official UK procurement notice
Biological Service Models · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: East of England (UKH)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Awarded 1 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Marshall Bio Science
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBiological Service Models - Ferrets and Guinea Pigs
CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of Biological Models to the MHRA on an ad-hoc basisAwarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 May 2025, 09:20 BST
- Last source update
- 1 May 2025, 09:20 BST
- Authority reference
C356703- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018248- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050aeeFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The UK Gov Home Office provides licences to suppliers of Biological Models. The supplier (Marshall Bio Resources) are currently the only licenced supplier of these models .
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Apr 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Bio Science | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 018248-2025-C356703-1 · Marshall Bio Science
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of Biological Models to the MHRA on an ad-hoc basis | 1bids | — | — | £0 – £500,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £0 – £500,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Department of Health and Social CareReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Marshall Bio ScienceAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.