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# Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)

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live tenders

Published

7

since 1 Feb 2021

Typical value

£487,500

median of 6 stated values

Value range

£126k to £100m

lowest to highest

## Open opportunities

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## Procurement contacts

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2 contacts published by Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)

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## How contested Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)'s contracts are

From the award notices we hold. Each figure shows how many contracts it's based on, and we hide figures with too few to say anything. A re-tender counts as kept when a supplier on the earlier contract also won its successor.

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), all contracts, awards 2013 to 2026

2.3 bids per award on average 2 of 6 awards had a single bid

98% of awarded value to the top 3 suppliers 14 suppliers, 12 valued contracts

3 of 6 contracts won by SMEs where the winner declared its size

12 of 13 contracts won by suppliers new to this buyer 92% new-entrant win rate

##  Recent contract awards

- [DLF A/S](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/dlf-a-s)

    [AFBI Commercialisation of AFBI-bred Forage Grass Varieties](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bcc-4ccd-7005-80c0-0ba0db9f3389/afbi-commercialisation-of-afbi-bred-forage-grass-varieties)

    £100,000,000

    30 Jul 2026
- [Illumina Cambridge Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/illumina-cambridge)

    [Procurement of New Benchtop Genome Sequencer and all consumables and servicing for ten years](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bdc-33d7-7137-9213-4dfcf9c3440c/procurement-of-new-benchtop-genome-sequencer-and-all-consumables-and-servicing-f)

    £2,668,717

    9 Jul 2026
- [Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/thermo-electron-manufacturing)

    [ID 6235074 - AFBI - Supply, Delivery and Servicing of Discrete Analyser](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bd0-cc8d-70e2-bf7d-357c4e599fa2/id-6235074-afbi-supply-delivery-and-servicing-of-discrete-analyser)

    £129,943

    27 Jan 2026
- [RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/rural-development-services)

    [AFBI - appointment of a milking service provider to AFBI hillsborough](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ba2-9bad-71f5-8b7f-eb10d08874d8/afbi-appointment-of-a-milking-service-provider-to-afbi-hillsborough)

    £375,000

    20 Dec 2023
- [AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES IRELAND LIMITED](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/agilent-technologies-ireland)

    [ID 4516354 - DAERA - AFBI - CSB purchase of a Gas Chromarographic Mass-Spectrometer (GC-MS/MS) 2022](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b9a-19e2-73ee-a7b6-a07d78f94a46/id-4516354-daera-afbi-csb-purchase-of-a-gas-chromarographic-mass-spectrome)

    £174,538

    1 Mar 2023
- [Skipsteknisk AS](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/skipsteknisk-as)

    [ID 3182015 AFBI – Supply of Naval Architecture for the Design and Construction of a Marine Research Vessel](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b81-d0dd-7255-a099-503811702451/id-3182015-afbi-supply-of-naval-architecture-for-the-design-and-construction-o)

    £1,853,100

    1 Feb 2021

## Contracts coming up for renewal

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)'s contracts ending in the next two years, from award notices and its own contract register. Most go back out to tender, so this is the time to get to know the buyer.

- [ID 6235074 - AFBI - Supply, Delivery and Servicing of Discrete Analyser](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bd0-cc8d-70e2-bf7d-357c4e599fa2/id-6235074-afbi-supply-delivery-and-servicing-of-discrete-analyser) [Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/thermo-electron-manufacturing-t-a-thermo-fisher-scientific) · Award notice Ends 30 Apr 2027 £129,943

## What they buy

- [Laboratory & precision equipment 3](https://tendernation.io/sectors/laboratory-precision-equipment)
- [Agricultural, forestry & horticultural services 1](https://tendernation.io/sectors/agricultural-forestry-horticultural-services)
- [Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals 1](https://tendernation.io/sectors/medical-equipment-pharmaceuticals)
- [Financial & insurance services 1](https://tendernation.io/sectors/financial-insurance-services)
- [Logistics & travel services 1](https://tendernation.io/sectors/logistics-travel-services)

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