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QCMD Contract Renewal

UK Health Security Agency · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 05:53.

Opportunity overview

Provision of External Quality Assessment (EQA) for Labs across UKHSA

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C365624
Status
complete
Published risks
Contract for Provision of External Quality Assessment (EQA) for Labs across UKHSA
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PBMQ-7576-DVGW
Name
UK Health Security Agency

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI42
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
E14 4PU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
10 South Colonnade

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PBMQ-7576-DVGW
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Ajmal Vahid
Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PCWW-3625-TCBP
Name
QCMD (Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics)

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKM82
Country
GB
Locality
Glasgow
Postal Code
G20 0XA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Unit 5 Technology TerraceTodd Campus, West of Scotland Science Park

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme

Identifier

Id
PCWW-3625-TCBP
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Provision of External Quality Assessment (EQA) for Labs across UKHSA 2025
Status
pending
Has Options
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
73111000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Research laboratory services

Value

Amount
450,500
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
540,600

Options

Description
To extend for upto 2 years and to include additional labs on the scheme.

Renewal

Description
Two 1-year optional extensions

Documents

Entry 1
Id
039961-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
15 Jul 2025, 13:38

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PCWW-3625-TCBP
Name
QCMD (Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics)

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
31 Jul 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Jul 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Aug 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Jul 2030, 23:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI42 · E14 4PU · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-055f68-2025-07-15T13:38:29+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·