# T1184 - Blood Sample Collection & Analysis

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX](/buyers/university-of-essex/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £1,350,000
- Published: 27 January 2026
- Planned start: 1 May 2026
- Planned end: 31 December 2032
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a81cfbe0-ba6c-41df-b435-09be1782c334-880881
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-49298a7a-f423-43f0-8fc9-80e9d5635433

## Description

Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study \(UKHLS\) is a longitudinal social survey of households and individuals living in the UK\. Data collection began in January 2009 and participants are interviewed annually\. In Waves 2 and 3 of the Study \(2010-13\) a wide range of objective health measures were collected via a nurse visit, including venous blood samples from which we produced a range of analytes, extracted DNA and produced genetic and epigenetic data\. A similar exercise is being undertaken at Wave 16 \(2024-26\), where the nurse visit has been replaced by participants collecting samples/measurements themselves\. This contract covers the data collection and analysis for a further bio-data collection on the Study's Innovation Panel \(2027\) ahead of a potential roll out on the main Study sample at Wave 22 \(2030-32\)\. The Study is designed and managed by the Institute for Social and Economic Research \(ISER\) at the University of Essex \("the University"\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a81cfbe0-ba6c-41df-b435-09be1782c334-880881)