Official UK procurement notice
Exome Sequencing kits · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University of Exeter (Central government)
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: UKSouth West (UKK)
Awarded value£825,000published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 17 Nov 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Twist Bioscience
What is being bought
Published requirement description280x Library prep kits for exome capture
The product has been used on a previous Diabetes study and will allow continuity and compatibility in the data sets generated across these different projects.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Feb 2026, 13:51 GMT
- Authority reference
UOE_2025_081_MC- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-013442- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ef0eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Library preparation kits for exome capture. The is the only
possible supplier to allow continuity with other projects. There is a clear benefit from maintaining continuity with an earlier project. The benefits must outweigh any potential financial advantages to be gained by competitive tendering.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Dec 2025 → 13 Feb 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends309 days ago17 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published251 days ago13 Feb 2026, 13:51 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published4 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published4 Dec 2025, 16:13 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected18 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published13 Feb 2026, 13:51 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £825,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twist BioscienceExome sequencing testing kits20 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2028 | £825,000 inc. VAT | 17 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Exome Sequencing Kits · Twist Bioscience
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2025
- Value
- £825,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 20 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2028
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: n/a
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Twist Bioscience CorporationAwarded supplier
- Twist BiosciencesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender