Procurement of blood collection kits for the UK Biobank study of seroprevalence of COVID-19
What the buyer wrote
UK Biobank ("UKB") is conducting a study of seroprevalence of COVID 19 in the population of up to 20,000 of its participants and their adult children and grandchildren (the "Study"). The Study (which is funded for an initial period of 6 months by the Department of Health and Social Care) aims to collect blood samples from study participants each month for an initial period of six months and measure these samples to assess the extent of previous infection with the SARS CoV 2 coronavirus (by measuring blood antibodies) in different locations and age groups across the UK. In order to enable the Study, UKB needed a supplier to provide testing kits which could be mailed to study participants and …
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- What the buyer calls it
- Procurement of blood collection kits for the UK Biobank study of seroprevalence of COVID-19
- How they are buying
- Given to one supplier, no competitionNobody else was asked, and the buyer has to be able to justify that.
- Type
- goods
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 22 Apr 2020
- Work ends
- 23 Oct 2020
- Kind of work
- Health and social care
Who the buyer named
Andrea Howard was the named contact on this notice.