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High Quality synthetic molecular products

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 24 Sept 2026, 09:20.

Opportunity overview

Supply of a range of synthetic DNA products, including custom oligo pools, target enrichment panels, library preparation kits, and unique dual index adapters, using a proprietary silicon-based DNA synthesis platform

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.

Contract value
£4.1m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
21 Sept 2026
Including VAT
£4.9m
Award ID
2
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PRXV-5688-GZWP
Location
San Francisco, US, CA 94080, United States

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
C457890
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The proposed Direct Award is justified under Schedule 5, Section 41 (Single Supplier), Paragraph 6, which applies where: (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

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
Id
GB-PPON-PBMQ-7576-DVGW

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PBMQ-7576-DVGW

Address

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

Contact

Name
UKHSA Commercial Operations

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Twist Bioscience
Id
GB-PPON-PRXV-5688-GZWP

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PRXV-5688-GZWP

Address

Street Address
Twist BioScience, 681 Gateway Blvd, South San Francisco,
Locality
San Francisco
Postal Code
CA 94080
Country
US
Country Name
United States
Region
US

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
2
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73111000
Description
Research laboratory services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
33696500
Description
Laboratory reagents

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PRXV-5688-GZWP
Name
Twist Bioscience

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
2
Award ID
2
Title
High Quality Synthetic Molecular Products
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
22 Sept 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Direst award single supplier

Period

Starts
23 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
28 Jun 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
28 Jun 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
1 year +1 year

Options

Description
£1,710,000.00 inc VAT Initial contract value Terms to include option to increase contract value by £3,200,000.00 to £4,910,000.00 Maximum contract value Initial 3 years +1+1 extension options

Value

Including VAT
4,910,000
Amount
4,091,666.67
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
090363-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
24 Sept 2026, 08:13
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 067003-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 070775-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 090363-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·