AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
UK Health Security Agency awarded a framework call-off for respiratory multiplex lateral-flow diagnostic test kits to UNA HEALTH LIMITED.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded, valued at £2,725,468.30. The published record gives a contract period from 16 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Market significanceThis is a £2.73m public-health diagnostics goods procurement awarded through an NHS Supply Chain framework further competition.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
UNA HEALTH LIMITED
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-de23bd77-7415-47e6-b521-81a18c7965bf-1 · 2725468.30 GBP · active
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The active award names UNA HEALTH LIMITED as its supplier and records a value of GBP 2,725,468.30. The supplier identity was verified by exact-name match to company number 06947754.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source status complete
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Process display status is "awarded" and source status is "complete"; notice type is "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-de23bd77-7415-47e6-b521-81a18c7965bf-1 has status "active".
Award date
98% confidence16 October 2026
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The award record date is 2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract start
98% confidence16 October 2026
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The published tender and award contract period starts 2026-10-16.
Contract end
98% confidence31 March 2027
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The published tender and award contract period ends 2027-03-31T23:59:59+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£2,725,468.30
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The award value and tender value are both GBP 2,725,468.30.
Value allocation
95% confidenceSingle published award; no lot allocation stated
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One award is supplied and no lots are supplied.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
98% confidence3 September 2026, 17:00 BST
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Tender period end date is 2026-09-03T17:00:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence16 October 2026
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Award date is 2026-10-16.
Contract period
98% confidence16 October 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Published contract period start and end dates are 2026-10-16 and 2027-03-31.
Award notice published
99% confidence20 October 2026
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The Contracts Finder award notice was published at 2026-10-20T15:20:07+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceRespiratory multiplex lateral-flow diagnostic test kits
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The notice description states: "Purchase of Respiratory Multiplex LFD test kits."
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 33141625 — Diagnostic kits
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The primary CPV classification is 33141625, described as "Diagnostic kits".
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Main procurement category is stated as goods.
Published delivery location
90% confidenceE14 4PU, United Kingdom
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The tender item lists delivery addresses with postal code E14 4PU and country United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective
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Published procurement method is "selective".
Route to market
99% confidenceFurther competition under an NHS Supply Chain framework
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The description states the purchase followed a further competition via the NHS Supply Chain Framework Laboratory Diagnostics, Point of Care Testing and Pathology Managed Services, reference 2023/S 000-028831.
Award criterion stated
98% confidenceMost Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT)
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The description says UNA HEALTH LIMITED was awarded as the highest-scoring supplier under MEAT criteria.
Competition outcome detail
99% confidenceBid count and scoring breakdown unknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
98% confidence16 October 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Published contract period start and end dates are 2026-10-16 and 2027-03-31.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
Contract document
93% confidenceA document titled as a redacted signed call-off order form is listed
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The award documents include "20261016 Appendix 3 - W239966 Call Off Order Form - Orient Gene Multiplex LFD Procurement Signed Contract OSC Redacted".
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial route
99% confidenceFramework further competition
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The procurement is described as a call-off from a framework agreement and a further competition under the named NHS Supply Chain framework.
Award rationale available
98% confidenceHighest scoring supplier under MEAT
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The published description explicitly identifies the winner as the highest-scoring supplier under MEAT criteria.
Pricing detail
99% confidenceOnly total award value is published
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The supplied data gives a total award value but no unit prices, volumes, price schedule or pricing breakdown.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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UNA HEALTH LIMITED was verified through an exact-name match to company number 06947754; no source-name mismatch is flagged.
Award and value allocation
97% confidenceClear at award level
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One active award names one supplier and carries one published value; no lots are supplied.
Document interpretation
98% confidenceThe listed document title indicates a signed call-off order form, but its contents were not supplied
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Only the document title and URL are provided; the underlying PDF contents are not included in the source data.
Published detail gaps
99% confidenceEvaluation scores, bidder count, lot detail, quantities, pricing breakdown and extension terms are not supplied
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The contents of the listed redacted call-off order form were not supplied; the document title alone cannot establish terms beyond the published notice data.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes bidder numbers, evaluation scores and weighting, quantities, unit prices, lot structure, pricing breakdown, and extension or renewal options.
- No future renewal or replacement procurement is evidenced; the end-of-term point is only an estimate derived from the published end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
UK Health Security AgencyUNA HEALTH LIMITEDrespiratory multiplex LFDdiagnostic kitsNHS Supply Chain frameworkContracts Finderpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the UKHSA respiratory multiplex LFD procurement?
UNA HEALTH LIMITED won the published active award.
What is the published award value?
The published award value is £2,725,468.30.
What is the published contract period?
The published period runs from 16 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.
How was the supplier selected?
The notice says the purchase followed a further competition under an NHS Supply Chain framework and that the winner was the highest-scoring supplier under MEAT criteria.
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