Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- UK Biobank Ltd · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ibm United Kingdom Limited
- Value
- £5,938,026
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 071135-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Nov 2025
- Published5 Nov 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
UKB (www.ukbiobank.ac.uk) is a company limited by guarantee and a registered UK charity established by its two founding funders: the Medical Research Council and Wellcome. It is a large-scale biomedical database and research resource containing genetic, lifestyle and health information from half a million UK Participants. UKB is globally accessible to approved researchers undertaking health-related research that is in the public interest. UKB is responsible for the safe preservation and scientific exploitation of a collection of over 17 million samples (plasma, serum, buffy coat, extracted DNA, urine and saliva) that are accessible for approved use by academic and industry researchers. About 11 million samples are stored at -80°C across an automated storage system and other manual freezers at UKB’s headquarters in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The remaining 6 million Samples are stored in vapour phase liquid nitrogen tanks at a backup site in the South of England. UKB is inviting req…
About the supplier
Ibm United Kingdom Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00741598).