Official UK procurement notice
Blood Extraction Kit · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Cardiff University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement description10 Blood extraction kits required initially in order to process 4,000 samples, with a further requirement of 7 more kits needed after further funding is confirmed (there's no date for this as of yet). These kits are purchased from Revvity, who are the sole supplier of the equipment which utilises the kits.
According to their Life Sciences-specific terms and conditions ''Revvity informs Customer that KinEASE™ STK Reagent Products are covered by one or more patents and pending patent applications licensed from Millipore Corporation and were made pursuant to a co-development agreement between Millipore and a Revvity entity.''
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jan 2026, 15:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jan 2026, 15:47 GMT
- Authority reference
CU.1872.HM- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-004457- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060901Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jan 2026- Contract award notice published19 Jan 2026, 15:39 GMTUK6
- Contract details notice published19 Jan 2026, 15:47 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected20 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revvity (UK) Ltd., Rexel UK Limitedjoint awardHM Blood Extraction Kit20 Jan 2026 – 14 Mar 2026 | £30,614 | 19 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Blood Extraction Kit · Revvity (UK) Ltd., Rexel UK Limited
- Signed
- 19 Jan 2026
- Value
- £30,614
- Period
- 20 Jan 2026 – 14 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- REVVITY (UK) LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- REXEL UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender