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AwardedAwarded 14 July 2026

Surge Laboratory Capacity in the event of a Health Emergency

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

In brief

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency awarded architecture and engineering work to Randox Clinical Laboratory Services Ltd on 14 July 2026.

The notice gives a value of £456,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, starting 22 May 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

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

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Randox Clinical Laboratory Services Ltd
5 bids received
£331,205,000
Awarded 12 June 2026
14 July 2026 to 13 July 2029

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 001779-2026
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 020136-2026
  3. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 055895-2026
  4. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 055902-2026
  5. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 077679-2026

About the buyer

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From notice 001779-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 9 January 2026, last updated 14 August 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.