Official UK procurement notice
Cold Store (Colindale) · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£24,750published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 6 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Porton Biopharma Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo purchase the Cold Store at PBL Porton and re-locate to Colindale.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 6 Mar 2026, 12:35 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Mar 2026, 11:11 GMT
- Authority reference
C429737- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-021686- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066412Find a Tender
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published6 Mar 2026, 12:35 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published6 Mar 2026, 13:18 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published11 Mar 2026, 11:11 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £24,7501 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porton Biopharma Limited11 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2026 | £24,750 | 6 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Cold Store (Colindale) · Porton Biopharma Limited
- Signed
- 9 Mar 2026
- Value
- £24,750
- Period
- 11 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Porton Biopharma LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender