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Published 12 May 2025, 09:46 BST

This notice announces an administrative change to an existing contract or market (a contract change notice). No new tender or admission is opened here; see the linked notices below for the original opportunity.

Official UK procurement notice

DSIT - NMS - LGC Government Chemist

Official notice

Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£1,952,526published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 19 May 2025no call for competition
Awarded to LGC LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Government Chemist (GC) programme, funded by DSIT, allows the GC to act as an independent arbitrator laboratory to resolve scientific disputes and provide advice to government in the food and feed sectors alongside developing new capabilities to address future needs. This is a statutory function.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
71900000 Laboratory services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Administrative change
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
12 May 2025, 09:46 BST
Last source update
2 Jul 2026, 16:36 BST
Authority reference
prj_5123
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-062458
Latest notice
Contract change notice (UK10)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051075 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

29 May 2025 → 2 Jul 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    29 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published117 days ago
    2 Jul 2026, 16:36 BST

Notice history

7 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 May 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    12 May 2025, 09:46 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    19 May 2025, 14:11 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    30 May 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    16 Oct 2025, 09:32 BST
    UK7
  5. Contract details notice published
    21 Oct 2025, 09:43 BST
    UK7
  6. Contract change notice published
    2 Jul 2026, 16:36 BST
    UK10
  7. Contract change proposed
    2 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
    Short-term extension of phase 1 contract to maintain contractual coverage of the national measurement system until the phase 2 contract is finalised. The effective date of modifcation is 01/04/2026 - 30/06/2026
Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-05: 2 releases · 12 May 2025, 19 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,952,5261 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
LGC LIMITEDNMS Government Chemist2 Jun 2025 – 31 Mar 2026£1,952,52619 May 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · LGC LIMITED

    Signed
    1 Oct 2025
    Value
    £1,952,526
    Period
    1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    active
    • Change proposed 2 Jul 2026 Short-term extension of phase 1 contract to maintain contractual coverage of the national measurement system until the phase 2 contract is finalised. The effective date of modifcation is 01/04/2026 - 30/06/2026, new value £2,393,931 · new end date 6 Jul 2026
    3 agreed KPIs: Attendance at monthly meetings · Timely and accurate presentation of invoicing to enable payment · Programme Report
    • Attendance at monthly meetings, Attendance at monthly meetings to present and agree progress
    • Timely and accurate presentation of invoicing to enable payment, Timely and accurate presentation of invoicing to enable payment
    • Programme Report, Produce a programme report for each quarter, describing progress changes and risks against the contracted deliverables

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVWZ-3216-PVQL 22 Whitehall, London, London, SW1A 2EGContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • LGC LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PTXV-8453-DQMV The Priestley Centre, 10 Priestley Road, Guildford, South East, GU2 7XYContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract change notice contractContract change noticeUK10Contract change notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender