# Covid-19 Tecan award

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by UK BIOCENTRE LIMITED.

## Key facts

- Buyer: UK BIOCENTRE LIMITED
- Supplier: [TECAN UK LIMITED](/suppliers/tecan-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £3,400,000
- Tender value: £3,400,000
- Award date: 26 March 2020
- Published: 24 April 2020
- Contract start: 26 March 2020
- Contract end: 26 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 2ef3bd75-54eb-4a48-97ec-8fd691cec5af-355586
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-304fe70c-7bad-44f7-b738-ef5b55528179

## Description

A direct award has been made due to extreme urgency pursuant to regulation 32\(2\)\(c\) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015\. The Department for Health and Social Care \(DHSC\) asked UK Biocentre to expand their operations to analyse swab samples to determine whether an individual has COVID-19\. In order to provide this service UK Biocentre have had to urgently expand their operations and procure additional liquid handling machines from the manufacturer Tecan UK Limited\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2ef3bd75-54eb-4a48-97ec-8fd691cec5af-355586)