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Published 4 Aug 2025, 12:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Procurement of Rotating drum&Aero Equip 25/26 - Capital 113894

Official notice

Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

GoodsDirect awardAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: UK
Contract value (direct award)£118,333£142,000 inc. VAT
Awarded 10 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to BIAERA TECHNOLOGIES LLC2 awards
Contract term 7 moends 31 Mar 2026 · starts 15 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Procurement of Rotating Drum and Aerosolisation equipment Laboratory capital purchase

CPV: Diagnostic systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 7 moSME
Contract period: 15 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (7 mo)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
4 Aug 2025, 12:54 BST
Last source update
2 Apr 2026, 09:18 BST
Authority reference
C395575
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030672
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Classification (CPV)
Diagnostic systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056c40 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods required and there are no reasonable alternatives to these goods.

Review and risk notes
Risks

Absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods required and there are no reasonable alternatives to these goods.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 Aug 2025 → 2 Apr 2026 · 6 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    4 Aug 2025, 12:54 BST
  2. Next notice expected
    5 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Market engagement
    5 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    Request for information.

    The assurance of this RFI does not constitute a sourcing exercise, but responses will help to shape UKHSA's sourcing strategy. UKHSA will not pay any costs incurred by respondents in the preparatiopm of a response to this RFI. The supporting documents can be accessed via Project C380371 in the Atamis portal link:

    atamis-1928.my.salesforce-sites.com ↗

    Please refer to the documentation for full details and instructions on how to respond. If the system does not allow you to upload the attachments, please respond via message and include your attachment.

  4. Contract starts
    15 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Standstill ends372 days ago
    21 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Latest notice published210 days ago
    2 Apr 2026, 09:18 BST

Notice history

12 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Aug 2025, 12:54 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Aug 2025, 13:02 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Aug 2025, 13:03 BST
    UK2
  4. Transparency notice published
    10 Oct 2025, 10:15 BST
    UK5
  5. Status changed to complete
    10 Oct 2025, 10:15 BST
  6. Procurement method changed
    10 Oct 2025, 10:15 BST
  7. Buyer details updated
    10 Oct 2025, 10:15 BST
  8. Contract award notice published
    10 Oct 2025, 10:24 BST
    UK6
  9. Contract signature expected
    22 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  10. Contract details notice published
    3 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMT
    UK7
  11. Buyer details updated
    3 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMT
  12. Contract termination notice published
    2 Apr 2026, 09:18 BST
    UK11
Published amendments (2)

Request for Information and signposting to C380371 Requirements

Request for Information and signposting to C380371 Requirements

Routine re-releases (7)
  • 2025-10: 1 release · 10 Oct 2025
  • 2025-08: 3 releases · 4 Aug 2025, 4 Aug 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £118,3331 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BIAERA TECHNOLOGIES LLC23 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026£118,333same award published again · counted once10 Oct 2025standstill to 21 Oct 2025Standstill
BIAERA TECHNOLOGIES LLC£118,333 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Rotating Drum and Aero Equipment · BIAERA TECHNOLOGIES LLC

    Signed
    22 Oct 2025
    Value
    £118,333
    Period
    23 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    terminated, Expiration of contract term
    Final value
    US$192,466
    Termination
    contractCompleted

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PBMQ-7576-DVGW 10 South Colonnade, London, London, E14 4PUContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • UK Health Security AgencyContracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentGB-NHS: U6N4TGB-PPON: PBMQ-7576-DVGW London, LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Biaera Technologies LLCAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PXXY-9158-LGLG 277 Eastern Boulevard N Suite 3, Hagerstown, US, 21740, USContact email

Official documents & specifications (8)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure