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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

UK Biobank Ltd

Procurement of blood collection kits for the UK Biobank study of seroprevalence of COVID-19

Medical Equipment & PharmaCPV 33141000
Value£474k
Awarded1 Jan 2020
Published25 May 2020
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£474ktotal contract value
median £123k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 9,456 valued Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals tenders in our corpus.

The brief

UK Biobank ("UKB") is conducting a study of seroprevalence of COVID 19 in the population of up to 20,000 of its participants and their adult children and grandchildren (the "Study").

The Study (which is funded for an initial period of 6 months by the Department of Health and Social Care) aims to collect blood samples from study participants each month for an initial period of six months and measure these samples to assess the extent of previous infection with the SARS CoV 2 coronavirus (by measuring blood antibodies) in different locations and age groups across the UK.

In order to enable the Study, UKB needed a supplier to provide testing kits which could be mailed to study participants and safely returned to UKB's laboratory in Cheadle before testing.

There was an urgent need to secure supply of kits (which are globally in high demand) to enable the study to go ahead without delay.

Med DX were identified as a supplier who were able to provide these kits to enable the Study to commence within the required urgent timeframe.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

In order to enable the Study, UKB

In order to enable the Study, UKB needed a supplier to provide testing kits which could be mailed to study participants and safely returned to UKB's laboratory in Cheadle before testing.

02

There was an urgent need to secure

There was an urgent need to secure supply of kits (which are globally in high demand) to enable the study to go ahead without delay.

03

Med DX were identified as a supplier

Med DX were identified as a supplier who were able to provide these kits to enable the Study to commence within the required urgent timeframe.

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