Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Glassware · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: UKLondon (UKI)
Awarded value£194,484published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 24 Apr 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Scientific Laboratory Supplies2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBulk supply of glass containers used in the production of microbiological growth media used by PHM and non-PHM laboratories.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 24 Apr 2026, 09:58 BST
- Last source update
- 19 May 2026, 14:30 BST
- Authority reference
C447305- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-045783- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068a54Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Bespoke items. Health and safety issues
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
6 May 2026 → 19 May 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends168 days ago6 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Notice published156 days ago19 May 2026, 14:30 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Apr 2026- Transparency notice published24 Apr 2026, 09:58 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published24 Apr 2026, 14:47 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected7 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published19 May 2026, 14:30 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £194,4841 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 15 May 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific Laboratory Supplies7 May 2026 – 27 Feb 2029 · up to 27 Feb 2030Extensions: The Buyer, at its sole discretion, may extend this Contract for a period of up to 1 year by giving not less than 10 Working Days' notice in writing to the Supplier prior to the Expiry Date. · Options: The Buyer reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to amend this contract to include additional goods of a similar nature, subject to mutual agreement on the terms. | £194,484same award published again · counted once | 24 Apr 2026standstill to 6 May 2026 | Standstill |
| Scientific Laboratory Supplies | £194,484 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Purchase of Glassware · Scientific Laboratory Supplies
- Signed
- 15 May 2026
- Value
- £194,484
- Period
- 15 May 2026 – 27 Feb 2029 · up to 26 Feb 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Buyer, at its sole discretion, may extend this Contract for a period of up to 1 year by giving not less than 10 Working Days' notice in writing to the Supplier prior to the Expiry Date.
- Options
- The Buyer reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to amend this contract to include additional goods of a similar nature, subject to mutual agreement on the terms.
No agreed KPIs: The requirement is for the supply of defined goods only, rather than an ongoing managed service.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Scientific Laboratory Supplies LimitedAwarded supplier
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies LtdAwarded 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