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    ContractsLiquid Handling Robots for Sequencing Laboratory Services
    Open tender

    Liquid Handling Robots for Sequencing Laboratory Services

    Contract value
    £1
    Published 28 Aug 2026

    UKHSA seeks information on liquid handling robots to expand genomics sequencing capacity across four UK laboratories for enhanced pathogen surveillance and pandemic preparedness.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· LondonPublished 28 Aug 2026· 5 days agoviaFind a Tender
    Contract value
    £1
    Published 28 Aug 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £1nominal
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      London

    Lifecycle

    Open

    Open tender — no closing date published. Opened 5 days ago.

    28 August 2026
    Open tender · no closing date published

    Brief

    The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is seeking information on liquid handling robotic systems to enhance its sequencing laboratory operations across four facilities: Bristol, Colindale, Manchester, and Porton Down. These laboratories provide critical nucleic acid sequencing services supporting pathogen surveillance, clinical metagenomics, and outbreak detection. This Request for Information (RFI) is part of the UKHSA's Pathogen Genomics Strategy and Pandemic Preparedness Programme, aimed at expanding capacity and improving efficiency of genomics services. Key Dates: RFI Published 28 August 2026, responses due 11 September 2026. Responses to this RFI are non-binding and will not form the basis of any contract; however, supplier input will inform future procurement opportunities. Respondents should submit questions via the Atamis portal messaging centre. This RFI does not preclude suppliers from tendering for future related opportunities.

    Track record

    12 awards · 11 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In research innovation, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency has awarded 12 contracts to 11 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. WOLF LABORATORIES LIMITED2× · 17%
    2. Bio Molecular Systems Ltd1× · 8%
    3. Vitrocell Systems GmbH1× · 8%
    4. Anton Paar1× · 8%
    5. Allentown UK Ltd1× · 8%
    6. Analytix Limited1× · 8%

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    Across research innovation, the most active winners are WOLF LABORATORIES LIMITED, MV CORPORATION EOOD, ALTIUM INTERNATIONAL SRO — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06ee4b
    SS
    Buyer
    Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
    Sector
    Research & Innovation