Official UK procurement notice
Provision of an Autonomous Environmental DNA (eDNA) Water Sampling Instrument
Authority: National Oceanography Centre (Public body)
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: South East (UKJ32)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Awarded 19 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to McLane Research Laboratories Inc.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe National Oceanography Centre (NOC) requires an autonomous in-situ robotic water sampling instrument for the collection of environmental DNA (eDNA), including associated hardware and documentation.
The contract was awarded to ensure compatibility and continuity with existing RoCSI deployments and datasets, as alternative solutions would not have met the full technical, operational, and integration requirements without introducing significant technical and operational risk.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- 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
- 19 Dec 2025, 14:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2025, 14:49 GMT
- Authority reference
2025PRNOC-1043- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084988- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fa8eFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published19 Dec 2025, 14:49 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLane Research Laboratories Inc. | US$72,054 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · McLane Research Laboratories Inc.
- Signed
- 19 Dec 2025
- Value
- US$72,054
- Period
- 19 Dec 2025 – 18 Dec 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- McLane Research Laboratories, Inc.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender