Official UK procurement notice
C392414 - 25/27 - Consumables and reagents for laboratory testing
Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of reagents for a number of reference laboratories in Colindale, AVU’s HCV WGS clinical service, IDU, AMRHAI and EVU
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
- 10 Dec 2025, 08:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Feb 2026, 14:43 GMT
- Authority reference
C400236- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010065- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f251Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
A change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance
- Risks
Additional deliveries by the original supplier are intended either as a partial replacement of supplies or installations or as the extension of existing supplies or installations. A change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Dec 2025 → 4 Feb 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends305 days ago19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published259 days ago4 Feb 2026, 14:43 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published10 Dec 2025, 08:14 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published10 Dec 2025, 11:06 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected22 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published4 Feb 2026, 14:43 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takara Bio Europe SASC400236 - Consumables and reagents for laboratory testing22 Dec 2025 – 9 Dec 2026 · up to 9 Dec 2027Extensions: 1 year contract with 12-month extension option to December 2027. | £612,360 | 10 Dec 2025standstill to 19 Dec 2025 | Standstill |
| Takara Bio Europe SAS | £612,360 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Takara Consumables and Reagents · Takara Bio Europe SAS
- Signed
- 27 Jan 2026
- Value
- £612,360
- Period
- 28 Jan 2026 – 21 Dec 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Below
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Takara Bio Europe SASAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices 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