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UK Biocentre Ltd

Hotel Accommodation Services

HospitalityCPV 55110000
Value£1.0m
Awarded4 Jan 2021
Published18 Mar 2021
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£1.0mtotal contract value
median £606k
this tender£0£7.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Hospitality & Catering band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 3,335 valued Hospitality & Catering tenders in our corpus.

The brief

UK Biocentre's laboratories in Milton Keynes are being used to analyse swab samples to support the national effort against the coronavirus pandemic.

They are one of the three Lighthouse Labs - the biggest network of diagnostic testing facilities the UK has ever seen.Operations have expanded rapidly to analyse swab samples to determine whether COVID-19 is present, and capacity requirements are continuing to increase over time .

We have repurposed existing laboratories and built new ones to provide the capacity required for such a significant undertaking.In order to achieve this level of testing. new temporary staff have been recruited, and this is expected to continue as the need for staff increases as capacity increases.

To allow these staff to work at Biocentre laboratories in Milton Keynes on this project, UK Biocentre requires the provision of hotel accommodation.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

UK Biocentre's laboratories in Milton Keynes are

UK Biocentre's laboratories in Milton Keynes are being used to analyse swab samples to support the national effort against the coronavirus pandemic.

02

We have repurposed existing laboratories and built

We have repurposed existing laboratories and built new ones to provide the capacity required for such a significant undertaking.In order to achieve this level of testing. new temporary staff have been recruited, and this is expected to continue as the need for staff increases as capacity increases.

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