Award

C400236 - 25/27 - - Consumables and reagents for laboratory testing

  • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency

UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-081281

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f251 (view related notices)

Published 10 December 2025, 8:14am



Scope

Reference

C400236

Description

Consumables and reagents for laboratory testing extension of current programme of work in situ.


Contract 1. C400236 - Consumables and reagents for laboratory testing

Supplier

Contract value

  • £612,360.12 excluding VAT
  • £734,832.12 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

22 December 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 22 December 2025 to 30 November 2027
  • Possible extension to 9 December 2027
  • 1 year, 11 months, 19 days

Description of possible extension:

1 year contract withj 12-month extension option to December 2027.

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 33696500 - Laboratory reagents

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Other information

Description of risks to contract performance

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

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

Additional or repeat goods, services or works - extension or partial replacement

Section 41, Schedule 5, Paragraph 7 :

7. The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where-

(a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and

(b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.


Supplier

Takara Bio Europe SAS

  • Companies House: 13111250

Wilberforce House, Station Road,

London

NW4 4QE

United Kingdom

Region: UKI71 - Barnet

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. C400236 - Consumables and reagents for laboratory testing


Contracting authority

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBMQ-7576-DVGW

10 South Colonnade

London

E14 4PU

United Kingdom

Region: UKI42 - Tower Hamlets

Organisation type: Public authority - central government