# DNA Parentage Testing Service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Work and Pensions](/buyers/department-for-work-and-pensions/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Orchid Cellmark Limited
- Award value: £2,321,187
- Tender value: £2,321,187
- Award date: 6 November 2017
- Published: 26 March 2018
- Contract start: 17 December 2017
- Contract end: 16 December 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 7ff711d1-e48e-4641-965a-cde58365e11f-207534
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2d203518-8a42-4377-a6fb-fd444be56081

## Description

This notice is to confirm the outcome of DWP's DNA Parentage Testing Service tender\. The opportunity was seeking a provider to undertake DNA testing on behalf of DWP to allow DNA matching to confirm parentage where this has been disputed\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7ff711d1-e48e-4641-965a-cde58365e11f-207534)