# Covid-19 Tecan award

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: UK BIOCENTRE LIMITED
- Contract winner: [TECAN UK LIMITED](/contract-winners/tecan-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £3,400,000
- Tender value: £3,400,000
- Award date: 26 March 2020
- Published: 24 April 2020
- Contract start: 26 March 2020
- Contract end: 26 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 2ef3bd75-54eb-4a48-97ec-8fd691cec5af-355586
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-304fe70c-7bad-44f7-b738-ef5b55528179

## Description

A direct award has been made due to extreme urgency pursuant to regulation 32\(2\)\(c\) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015\. The Department for Health and Social Care \(DHSC\) asked UK Biocentre to expand their operations to analyse swab samples to determine whether an individual has COVID-19\. In order to provide this service UK Biocentre have had to urgently expand their operations and procure additional liquid handling machines from the manufacturer Tecan UK Limited\.

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- [Purchase of Tecan Tips](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b3fd5bee-ad37-4502-bf72-da1c1ad339f9): UK Health Security Agency
- [Tecan Fluent 780 - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-541f62e6-c353-4f6c-82e0-1b6158214458): CPI \(Centre for Process Innovation\)
- [Tecan machine components](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2f67aad6-0ab9-4f19-b122-2d9fefee1b56): UK Health Security Agency

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2ef3bd75-54eb-4a48-97ec-8fd691cec5af-355586)