# Participation in an Innovative Partnership for Provision of Biobank 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: [University of Birmingham](/contract-winners/university-of-birmingham/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £64,564
- Tender value: £64,564
- Award date: 17 November 2022
- Published: 9 March 2023
- Contract start: 1 April 2023
- Contract end: 31 July 2032
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2e6172e7-c3e1-401e-b904-4eb4664c4871-622906
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fe1c5eb5-3179-4c74-8e4d-0ba7c2c43cb0

## Description

To secure receipt, process, storage, and release facilities for research tissue/blood in an existing biobank operated by the Human Biomaterials Resource Centre \(HBRC\) run by the University of Birmingham \(UoB\) and based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham \(QEHB\)\. REQUIREMENT The contractor will: a\. Arrange sample transfer, receipt and processing from Aug 22 to Jul 29 b Provide storage for no more than 24 samples for a ten-year period c Deliver ethics training to any authority personnel using the biobank\. d\. Manage efficient release of required samples

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2e6172e7-c3e1-401e-b904-4eb4664c4871-622906)