Official UK procurement notice
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Authority: UK Biobank Ltd (Public body)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£70,140published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 May 2026
Awarded to Harrow Green Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK Biobank is undertaking an infrastructure replacement that will move operations from our existing facility in Stockport to a purpose-built facility at Manchester Science Park. This involves moving more than 11 million samples stored in SBS-racks from -80°C storage (primarily automated storage) from the Stockport site to Manchester site. Samples will be moved to Ultra Low Temperature freezers ahead of the move. UK Biobank requires a logistics company who is experienced with site-to-site relocations of biological samples in Ultra Low temperature freezers at -80°C to physically move the samples
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 May 2026, 13:34 BST
- Last source update
- 28 May 2026, 13:34 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-050322- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a7b2Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published28 May 2026, 13:34 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £70,1401 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 27 May 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrow Green Limited | £70,140 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Harrow Green Limited
- Signed
- 27 May 2026
- Value
- £70,140
- Period
- 27 May 2026 – 26 May 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HARROW GREEN LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender