At a glance
UK Biobank Ltd has awarded £196.6m across 21 suppliers, with 25 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 28% · 14 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£850k) · SME share 24% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
UK Biobank Ltd is a contracting authority, based in UKD35. Tracks 73 published notices and 56 awards on PublicSupply.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
1
Open (bidding)
14
Awarded (90d)
1
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 25 live
All contracts with a published award notice where UK Biobank Ltd is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Airlock" Output Checking System OCS Decision Engine Development Partner | — | 72000000 | £2.0mest. | — | active |
| Financial Management System | Codec Solutions UK Limited | £850k | 09 Mar 2026 | pending | |
| Supply, delivery, installation, and commissioning of automated liquid handlers Tender (UKBB0026) | Hamilton Sales & Service UK Ltd | £3.2m | 06 Mar 2026 | pending | |
| "Airlock" Output Checking System OCS Decision Engine Development Partner | — | 72000000 | £2.0mest. | — | active |
| “Airlock” Output Checking System: OCS Decision Engine Development Partner | — | 72000000 | £2.0mest. | — | active |
| Laboratory IT Systems | IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED | 48100000 | £8.0m | 04 Nov 2025 | active |
| Laboratory IT Systems | IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED | 72000000 | £8.0mest. | — | active |
| Laboratory IT Systems | — | 48100000 | £0est. | — | closed |
| Laboratory IT Systems | — | 48100000 | £8.0mest. | — | closed |
| Supply of liquid nitrogen | Air Products Plc | 24111800 | £911k | 12 Aug 2024 | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
Curated leadership roster
Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.
Modifications · 1 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging
We see 1 notice tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion
Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.
SME & social value
Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
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News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKD35
- Contact
- Andrea Howard
- tenders@ukbiobank.ac.uk
Board & accountable officers
Accountable officer + board roster
Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.
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