Provision of reagents for GridION platforms to support COG-UK

Public Health England (PHE) has awarded a contract to New England Biolabs UK Ltd for the provision of reagents to be used on GridION platforms urgently needed to support the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium work. PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004). This urgent requirement is in response to the COVID -19 outbreak.