Awarded contract

Virachip system (RIPL Lab 01/150)

Details

Supplier(s)
Camlab Ltd
Value
£51,480.37
Duration
6 months
Topic
Detection and analysis apparatus
Published
5 October 2026

Tender description

This requirement is for the replacement of the existing Virachip system used by RIPL to carry out Lyme disease immunoblot testing for which RIPL acts as the frontline reference laboratory in England for this diagnostic service. The ViraChip platform uses a multiplex protein microarray containing the VlsE antigen together with multiple Borrelia-specific antigens. This enables simultaneous assessment of a broad antibody response rather than reliance on a single marker. The assay detects both IgM and IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi, supporting diagnosis across different stages of infection.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date30 September 2026
  2. Completed: Award published5 October 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 5 months

About the buyer

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is an executive agency sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care, and buys through its own end-to-end commercial service. Procurement, contract management and market engagement sit within the Commercial, Vaccines and Countermeasures Delivery directorate. UKHSA hosts the Diagnostics and Research Open Framework for diagnostics and research supplies and services.

A published pipeline lists larger planned commercial activity.

Over the past 5 years, most of UK Health Security Agency's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, laboratory and precision equipment and software and information systems.

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