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UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX

T1184 - Blood Sample Collection & Analysis

HealthcareCPV 85000000 85100000 85110000 85111000
Value£1.4m
Deadline27 Feb 2026
Published27 Jan 2026
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 27 Jan 2026ClosedCloses 27 Feb 2026
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£1.4mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

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The brief

Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) is a longitudinal social survey of households and individuals living in the UK.

Data collection began in January 2009 and participants are interviewed annually.

In Waves 2 and 3 of the Study (2010-13) a wide range of objective health measures were collected via a nurse visit, including venous blood samples from which we produced a range of analytes, extracted DNA and produced genetic and epigenetic data.

A similar exercise is being undertaken at Wave 16 (2024-26), where the nurse visit has been replaced by participants collecting samples/measurements themselves.

This contract covers the data collection and analysis for a further bio-data collection on the Study's Innovation Panel (2027) ahead of a potential roll out on the main Study sample at Wave 22 (2030-32).

The Study is designed and managed by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex ("the University").

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