Surge Laboratory Capacity in the event of a Health Emergency

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

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

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

077679-2026

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 71900000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) invites suitably qualified suppliers to participate in a tender exercise for the provision of surge laboratory diagnostic testing capacity to support national responses to future public health emergencies. UKHSA aims to maintain a scalable ‘surge model’ that supplements its internal laboratory network with externally contracted PCR testing capability. This model ensures that, in the event of a significant public health threat, the UK can rapidly increase testing volumes to support diagnosis, surveillance, outbreak management and wider public health interventions. Under this procurement, the Supplier will be required to provide Clinical Laboratory Diagnostic Testing Services as part of a Public Health Critical service. The contract will operate under two defined readiness states: Cold State – the Supplier maintains operational readiness and must be capable of ramping up to Hot State withi

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Observed notice trail

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1. Planning notice observed

   7 May 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   019260-2025

   Published tags

   planning

2. Planning notice observed

   23 May 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   026450-2025

   Published tags

   planning

3. Planning notice observed

   9 Jan 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   001779-2026

   Published tags

   planning

4. Tender notice observed

   5 Mar 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Surge Laboratory Capacity in the event of a Health Emergency

  Buyer: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security AgencySupplier: RANDOX CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES LTD

  End date in notice

  13 Jul 2029Date from the linked contract

  Value shown in notice

  £331,205,000Value from the linked contract

  Official source

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  About this figure

  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.
  • The dates published for the award and the linked contract do not agree. A contract end date is shown only when the linked records agree.

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  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  1

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Options are statedLot 1

  The primary option under this contract is the activation of the service in the hot state. When activated, the contract value will increase significantly, however, how much it increases will partly be determined by decisions in the event of the Pandemic. This may lead to a centralised national procurement activity of reagents and consumables reducing the costs incurred from lab services providers at point of need. The anticipated value for a six-month (6) hot state activation is £456m. UKHSA notes that the option may be exercised multiple times in the event of a pandemic response and the associated need to operate in a hot state.

  Published 5 Mar 2026.Open supporting notice 020136-2026

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