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Automated Large-Scale Ultra-Low Temperature Biological Sample Archive
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 22 Mar 2024
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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UK Biobank (UKB) is a registered UK charity and is a large-scale biomedical database and research resource containing genetic, lifestyle and health information from half a million UK participants. UKB is responsible for the safe preservation, and scientific exploitation, of a priceless collection of 17 million biological samples. Around 11 million are stored at -80 °C and accessible for approved use by academic and industry researchers. Samples include plasma, serum, buffy coat, extracted DNA, urine and saliva. UKB’s next phase of development will be characterised by increasing demand for biological samples, and a number of new, large-scale, sample collections. This Contract Award Notice relates to a contract for the provision of a new automated large-scale ultra-low temperature biological sample archive (the Archive) with sufficient
capacity to accommodate 20 million samples (with expansion to 30 million samples if required by UKB during the contract) and associated support services.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 39711124
- 42513100
- 51430000
- 45213210
- 72250000
- 42997300
04/ History
Releases of this notice
2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 21 Sep 2022Planning notice
Planning notice published 21 September 2022.
Release 026421-2022
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 22 Mar 2024Award notice
Award notice published 22 March 2024. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 009465-2024
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
06/ Questions
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-036a2a
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Last verified
- Mon 6 Apr 2026, 14:16 BST
- Read at
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 01:32 GMT
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