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Published 5 Mar 2026, 11:29 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Supply, Installation, Validation and Verification of Liquid Handler for Aliquot of Biological Samples and DNA Quantification

Official notice

Authority: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: East of England (UKH)

Awarded value£426,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 11 Mar 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Hamilton Sales & Service UK Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Supply, Installation, Validation and Verification of Liquid Handler for Aliquot of Biological Samples and DNA Quantification for Cambridge University Hospitals. The additional extraction and quantification systems increase capacity and resilience for the automated DNA extraction and quantification workflow in situ within the laboratory.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: East of England

38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

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: 5 Mar 2026, 11:29 GMT
Last source update: 31 Mar 2026, 12:44 BST
Authority reference: ADD/PU/EW/25/57
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-029604
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0662d9 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: This is an expansion of capacity for the laboratory of equipment previously purchased and implemented in the same configuration. It is vital that the laboratory standardises automation which is why we are duplicating the existing system with the same supplier.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

23 Mar 2026 → 31 Mar 2026 · 2 dates

Standstill ends216 days ago
23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice published209 days ago
31 Mar 2026, 12:44 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Mar 2026

Transparency notice published
5 Mar 2026, 11:29 GMT
UK5
Contract award notice published
11 Mar 2026, 13:36 GMT
UK6
Contract signature expected
23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
31 Mar 2026, 12:44 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £426,0001 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 27 Mar 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Hamilton Sales & Service UK LtdSME1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2027	£426,000	11 Mar 2026standstill to 23 Mar 2026	Standstill
Hamilton Sales & Service UK LtdSME	£426,204 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 2 · Hamilton Sales & Service UK LtdSME
Signed
27 Mar 2026
Value
£426,204
Period
1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2027
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is less than $5 million

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RGT Hills Road, Cambridge, East of England, CB2 0QQContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Hamilton Sales & Services UK LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02188200 Unit 1 Forge Mills Park Station Road, Coleshill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B46 1JHContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender31 Mar 2026, 12:44 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender11 Mar 2026, 13:36 GMT
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender5 Mar 2026, 11:29 GMT