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Published 23 Sept 2026, 14:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

United Kingdom Accreditation Service - Provision of Accreditation Services

Official notice

Authority: Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Awarded value£500,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 23 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to UKAS LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Procurement of UKAS - Accreditation Services to Belfast Health and Social Care Laboratories

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: Northern Ireland
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
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
23 Sept 2026, 14:45 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 14:55 BST
Authority reference
DAC
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090218
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0778bd Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust intends to award a contract to the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) for accreditation services. UKAS is the United Kingdom's designated National Accreditation Body and is the only organisation authorised to provide nationally recognised accreditation within the UK. Competition is absent for technical reasons because no reasonable alternative supplier exists capable of providing equivalent accreditation recognised by UK regulators and international accreditation arrangements. The Trust therefore considers that the services can only be supplied by a particular supplier and that competition is absent for technical reasons. Accordingly, the contract is being awarded through a direct award procedure under the Procurement Act 2023.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Sept 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 14:45 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 14:55 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
UKAS LIMITED1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2031£500,00023 Sept 2026Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Belfast Health & Social Care Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PLQJ-5727-JCLR Trust Headquarters, 2nd Floor, Non Clinical Support Building, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT12 6BAContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • UKAS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02675095GB-PPON: PVPV-6996-CMZH 2 Pine Trees, Staines-Upon-Thames, South East, TW18 3HRContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender