# DNA, Anthropology & Genealogy Services

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Defence](/buyers/ministry-of-defence/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Orchid Cellmark Ltd
- Award value: £500,000
- Tender value: £0
- Award date: 25 April 2022
- Published: 10 June 2022
- Contract start: 25 April 2022
- Contract end: 20 May 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: ee9682dd-aa72-4d71-ad21-d535c889ddce-545290
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c000fdcd-1c47-46e2-a9a0-f7da1529ad8f

## Description

The Ministry of Defence \(MOD\) Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre \(JCCC\),Commemorative casework team are responsible for co-ordinating efforts to establish the identity of historic human remains recovered from battlefields and aircraft crash sites involving British service personnel and arranging a fitting burial\. The requirement was for Anthropology and DNA analysis that may be required to assist with confirming the identities of the remains where other methods have proved inconclusive\. Genealogy services may also be required to assist in the identification process\. A Framework was awarded to a Single Supplier and JCCC will call off the Framework as required\. The Framework Agreement is for a period of two years with the option for the Authority to extend for a further two years in either annual or monthly increments\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ee9682dd-aa72-4d71-ad21-d535c889ddce-545290)