Notice Information
Notice Title
UKRI-4970 Harwell Health Screening Service
Notice Description
Provision of a health screening service for MRC Harwell for a period of 2 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05626f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074103-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
73110000 - Research services
85111800 - Pathology services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £350,540 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £350,540 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 21 Sep 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 8 Jan 2026 - 7 Jan 2028 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- 2027-07-13
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION (UKRI)
- Contact Name
- MRC Procurement
- Contact Email
- mrcprocurement@ukri.org
- Contact Phone
- +441793442000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SWINDON, WILTSHIRE
- Postcode
- SN2 1FL
- Post Town
- Swindon
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK71 Swindon
- Delivery Location
- TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Swindon
- Electoral Ward
- Rodbourne Cheney
- Westminster Constituency
- Swindon North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074103-2025
14th November 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061823-2025
2nd October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041776-2025
21st July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041432-2025
18th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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