# Specialist Viral Testing Service

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency](/buyers/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: SGS Vitrology
- Award value: £52,000
- Tender value: £52,000
- Award date: 12 August 2018
- Published: 30 November 2018
- Contract start: 9 October 2018
- Contract end: 8 October 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 87215683-7275-4020-891b-d4c3e2daf773-256367
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-52680bd6-21d8-4ab9-a1f6-153e236a1992

## Description

The UKSCB is part of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency \(MHRA\)\. The UKSCB requires an external contractor \(third party\) to provide viral testing for the EU Tissue and Cellular Directive \(EUTCD\) compliant human pluripotent stem cell \(hPSC\) lines\. UKSCB is licenced under the HTA Human Tissue \(Quality and Safety for Human Application\) Regulations 2007 for the production of starting materials for clinical application\. According to HTA regulations any testing activities that are subcontracted to external contractors must be appropriately validated to demonstrate that the testing method is suitable for the product analyte\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/87215683-7275-4020-891b-d4c3e2daf773-256367)