Orchid Cellmark Limited: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

Large organisationCompanies House: Private Limited CompanyWolverhamptonWest MidlandsMain market: Laboratory services

Companies House04045527 ↗

Procedures with an award1221 award records
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How many tenders this supplier has won.

Tenders with at least one award to it. Award records are shown too, because one framework can carry many call-offs.

Public authorities11named on published awards
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How many different public bodies have awarded to this supplier.

Buyers named on its awards, with duplicate names merged.

Attributable award value£1.3mnet · on 3 of 21 award records · single-supplier, no ceilings
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.

Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.

Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.

Last 12 months3awards · 1 in the prior 24 months · last 14 Aug 2026
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Awards to this supplier in the last 12 months.

Award records dated in the last 12 months, against the two years before.

Contracts ending ≤18 months1end date on 14 of 21 awards
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.

An end date does not confirm a new procurement.

Buyer regions7most often Greater London
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In which regions this supplier wins work.

The region of each buyer it won from: the buyer’s office, placed by the official ONS postcode lookup. Each procedure counts once.

Where the buyer is based, not necessarily where the work was done; the tender page shows the published place of delivery.

Where they win
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In which categories this supplier wins.

Distinct awards by the main category of the lot, or of the procedure when no lot is named. Repeat publications count once.

An award counts once in each class it covers; classes can overlap.

Active awards, plus pending awards whose standstill has ended or was not published.

21 awards (21 for a named lot, 100%, 0 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 21 awards. An award may cover more than one class.

7190 Laboratory services11 awards · 52% · awards naming a lot
7160 Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services2 awards · 10% · awards naming a lot
7524 Public security, law and order services2 awards · 10% · awards naming a lot
9071 Environmental management2 awards · 10% · awards naming a lot
Attributable award value
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.

Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.

Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.

£1.3mOn 3 of 21 award records; the five largest make 100%. Largest rows below.
Typical attributable award
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What one of this supplier’s wins is usually worth.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

£500k middle valuemoderate · n=3
Award vs estimate
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Does this supplier usually win above or below the buyer’s estimate.

Its own wins, estimate against award per lot, in its sector.

Based on 1 wins in its industry (CPV division 71). Small sample.

A past pattern, not a margin and not a price to bid.

0% at estimateindicative · n=1compared within CPV division 71
Largest published awards
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The biggest published awards.

Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice.

A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check.

AuthorityAwardedTermPublished value
Tachograph Forensic ServicesHM Revenue & Customs14 Aug 20263 yrs · up to 5 yrs£575,000
≈ £192k/yr
Tachograph Forensic Analysis ServicesHM Revenue & Customs——£500,000 †
eDNA Kits, analysis of returned samples, and associated reporting - Lot 1NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)——£273,000 †

Where their buyers are
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In which regions this supplier wins work.

The region of each buyer it won from: the buyer’s office, placed by the official ONS postcode lookup. Each procedure counts once.

Where the buyer is based, not necessarily where the work was done; the tender page shows the published place of delivery.

ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 12 of 12 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once

Greater London5 procedures · 42%
Wales (Cymru)2 procedures · 17%
North West England1 procedures · 8%
East of England1 procedures · 8%
South East England1 procedures · 8%
South West England1 procedures · 8%
Scotland1 procedures · 8%

Who they sell to
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Which public bodies award work to this supplier.

Authorities named on its published awards, ranked by distinct procedures, duplicate names merged.

Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · a framework or DPS adds one award record per appointed supplier

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)
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What kinds of public bodies award work to this supplier.

Its award records by the authority’s published type, otherwise by its name. One framework can add many records.

  • Police & fire57%(12 awards)
    12 of 21 awards are Police & fire (57%).
  • Central government14%(3 awards)
    3 of 21 awards are Central government (14%).
  • Local authority14%(3 awards)
    3 of 21 awards are Local authority (14%).
  • Type not classified14%(3 awards)
    3 of 21 awards are Type not classified (14%).
AuthorityProceduresShareAward recordsLast activity
HM Revenue & Customs216.7%214 Aug 2026
Police and Crime Commissioner for Dyfed Powys18.3%925 Apr 2022
Liverpool City Councilframework/DPS on 118.3%227 Apr 2021
NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)18.3%122 Feb 2024
Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Police & North Wales Policeframework/DPS on 118.3%120 Apr 2026
Norfolk County Councilframework/DPS on 118.3%121 Mar 2023
Ministry of Defenceframework/DPS on 118.3%125 Apr 2022
Forestry Commissionframework/DPS on 118.3%121 Dec 2022

Share = of the 12 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.

Contracts ending
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.

An end date does not confirm a new procurement.

14 of 21 awards carry an end date, 12 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

ContractEndsPublished value
Research DNA metabarcoding Framework13 Nov 2026£1,000,000

Recent awards

Latest 21 of 21 award records naming this supplier

Award / procedureAuthorityAwardedPublished value
Tachograph Forensic ServicesHM Revenue & Customs14 Aug 2026£575,000
Provision of Physical Forensic Services for North Wales PolicePolice and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Police & North Wales PoliceNot published£441,000 †
dynamic market estimate · not attributable revenue
Provision of Physical Forensic Services under the BlueLight Commercial Dynamic Purchasing SystemThe Chief Constable of Thames Valley PoliceNot published£19,021,275 †
dynamic market estimate · not attributable revenue
eDNA Kits, analysis of returned samples, and associated reporting - Lot 1NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)Not published£273,000 †
from the contract notice
Research DNA metabarcoding FrameworkForestry CommissionNot published£1,000,000 †
framework ceiling · 1 of 6 appointed suppliers
OtherNorfolk County CouncilNot published£125,000 †
framework ceiling · 1 of 3 appointed suppliers
Provision of Forensic Toxicology Casework AnalysisScottish Police AuthorityNot published£10,000,000 †
framework ceiling · 1 of 3 appointed suppliers
DNA, Anthropology & Genealogy ServicesMinistry of DefenceNot published£500,000 †
framework ceiling · not attributable revenue
Lot 313 Marks & TracesPolice and Crime Commissioner for Dyfed PowysNot published£2,185,963 †
joint award · 3 suppliers
Lot 301 PACEPolice and Crime Commissioner for Dyfed PowysNot published£8,073,996 †
joint award · 3 suppliers
About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • One profile per supplier. Built from award and contract notices that name this supplier; different spellings and registration numbers of the same company are merged into this profile.
  • Values are published values. The table mirrors what the notice published: framework ceilings and joint awards are labelled and never counted as this supplier's money, and † marks a value taken from the contract notice when the award published none. Only awards made to this supplier alone count towards its value, excluding VAT. It is not turnover.
  • Regions on this page are where the work is delivered, not the supplier’s registered address.
  • Contract end dates. Published on 2 of 21 awards, estimated from the published duration on 12 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.