Culture media in UKHSA regional and reference laboratories
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This is a large award for Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,456 valued Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals tenders in our corpus.
UK Health Security Agency are currently out to tender for the provision of culture media consumables for regional and reference laboratories.
Deadline for submissions of the tender will be 12:00 noon on Monday 24th August 2026.
Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted.
Any questions relating to this tender should be made via correspondence on the website.
Please do not engage with any persons in UKHSA via email or phone regarding this tender.
UK3: Planned procurement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-036460 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0522e0 (view related notices) Published 22 April 2026, 10:44am
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- ocds-h6vhtk-0522e0
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- tender · Open
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- 061579-2026
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