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# Animal and Plant Health Agency

Executive agency · APHA of [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs)

GB

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live tender

Published

227

since 17 Jan 2023

Typical value

£52,780

median of 133 stated values

Value range

£1 to £500m

lowest to highest

## Open opportunities

[Good Practice Training](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be9-1e0d-730c-9a1f-fd16f8e91a8a/good-practice-training)APHA requires a supplier to deliver a range of Good Practice training via interactive workshops, where participants are active in both discussion and practice of the techniques/ski...

GB £152,500

7 days left

26 Oct 2026

## How this buyer buys

63 of Animal and Plant Health Agency's notices were call-offs from a framework, DPS or dynamic market, worth £13,294,651 in total. Only suppliers on the route can win that work.

- Unnamed framework Framework The notice doesn't name the framework Ask the buyer which framework it used and when it reopens. 63 call-offs £13,294,651 last 1 Oct 2026

## Procurement contacts

People Animal and Plant Health Agency named as contact points in its own tender and award notices, newest first.

30 contacts published by Animal and Plant Health Agency

Names, emails and phone numbers exactly as the buyer published them in its notices. Included with Professional and Business.

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## How contested Animal and Plant Health Agency'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.

Animal and Plant Health Agency, all contracts, awards 2015 to 2026

2 of 7 re-tendered contracts kept by the incumbent 29% retention

4.7 bids per award on average 4 of 10 awards had a single bid

68% of awarded value to the top 3 suppliers 160 suppliers, 194 valued contracts

28 of 88 contracts won by SMEs where the winner declared its size

131 of 205 contracts won by suppliers new to this buyer 64% new-entrant win rate

Business plans see the same figures for each of the 5 sectors this buyer awards in.

##  Recent contract awards

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    [Supply of P33 LEEC Precision Incubator 730Ltr and Labcold Incubator](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d22-b89a-70f8-ace8-24c984e5da5c/supply-of-p33-leec-precision-incubator-730ltr-and-labcold-incubator)

    £28,607

    30 Sept 2026
- [BMG LABTECH Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/bmg-labtech)

    [FLUOstarÂ® Omega Lite Computer Controlled Microplate Reader for APHA](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d20-198a-7288-aae9-0b4a0562e519/fluostara-omega-lite-computer-controlled-microplate-reader-for-apha)

    £27,863

    24 Sept 2026
- [Fisher Scientific UK Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/fisher-scientific)

    [APHA CapEx: Luminex xMAP INTELLIFLEX DR-SE Analyser](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d1f-65cf-7157-b1a5-004ff3c8fdb3/apha-capex-luminex-xmap-intelliflex-dr-se-analyser)

    £120,656

    18 Sept 2026
- [QT Biotech Co., Ltd.](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/qt-biotech)

    [Supply of Automatic Nucleic Acid Extractor](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bea-eb40-7077-81d2-4b4f9685037f/supply-of-automatic-nucleic-acid-extractor)

    US$28,401

    16 Sept 2026
- [Becton, Dickinson U.K. Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/becton-dickinson)

    [APHA CapEx: Supply of Spectral Flow Cytometer Analyser](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be7-8e24-710d-8e7a-a85cc751ed4f/apha-capex-supply-of-spectral-flow-cytometer-analyser)

    £357,500

    3 Sept 2026
- [Bruker UK Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/bruker)

    [APHA CapEx: Supply of MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometer & Servicing Plan](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be8-b4fa-70f8-a8b8-69a4e0b7e1f2/apha-capex-supply-of-maldi-tof-mass-spectrometer-servicing-plan)

    £750,000

    1 Sept 2026
- [CDS Support Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/cds-support)

    [Cyber Vulnerability Assessment](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be9-f716-7375-9b39-d9ea2edadb87/cyber-vulnerability-assessment)

    £84,000

    26 Aug 2026
- [Becton, Dickinson U.K. Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/becton-dickinson)

    [APHA CapEx: Supply of Spectral Flow Cytometer Analyser](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be7-8e24-710d-8e7a-a85cc751ed4f/apha-capex-supply-of-spectral-flow-cytometer-analyser)

    £443,569

    20 Aug 2026
- [Checkit Europe Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/checkit-europe)

    [Supply of a Remote Temperature Monitoring System to APHA](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be8-06e4-7083-a760-9868be2994eb/supply-of-a-remote-temperature-monitoring-system-to-apha)

    £76,710

    19 Aug 2026
- [Nikon UK, Branch of Nikon Europe B.V.](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/nikon-branch-of-nikon-europe)

    [APHA CapEx: Stereomicroscope and add-ons](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d1f-1d68-73b7-9cb7-730467bc0748/apha-capex-stereomicroscope-and-add-ons)

    £12,462

    11 Aug 2026
- [Imotek International Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/imotek-international)

    [APHA CapEx: Supply of Portable Ultrasound](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d23-da70-7082-ae6d-80bb146d8217/apha-capex-supply-of-portable-ultrasound)

    £20,435

    4 Aug 2026
- [Innovative Diagnostics](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/innovative-diagnostics)

    [C34977- Mid Throughput IDEAL™32 Extraction Robot.](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be6-348a-7379-ad9b-828d6c6583ff/c34977-mid-throughput-ideal32-extraction-robot)

    €31,560

    4 Aug 2026

## Contracts coming up for renewal

Animal and Plant Health Agency'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.

- [Auto Slide Stainer](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d04-a9ea-72dd-9243-a671cc168aed/auto-slide-stainer) [Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/scientific-laboratory-supplies) · Award notice Ends 31 Oct 2026 £34,971
- [Call-Off Contract No. C27391 - Floor Standing Autoclave](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cf8-d9c2-726f-a2fd-1aec5a8fbb77/call-off-contract-no-c27391-floor-standing-autoclave) [Wolf Laboratories Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/wolf-laboratories) · Award notice Ends 31 Oct 2026 £40,862
- [P-35873 & P36329 - Refrigerated Benchtop Centrifuge x7 & 1 x 4L Centrifuge](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cfa-8141-71a7-8583-e12d786898db/p-35873-p36329-refrigerated-benchtop-centrifuge-x7-1-x-4l-centrifuge) [SciQuip Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/sciquip) · Award notice Ends 31 Oct 2026 £83,980
- [APHA CapEx: Supply of Tissue Cassette Writer](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bc5-b2eb-7079-9423-27da30c289d0/apha-capex-supply-of-tissue-cassette-writer) [pfm Medical](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/pfm-medical) · Award notice Ends 16 Nov 2026 £22,376
- [Provision of Pipette Service, Repair and Calibration Services](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cae-0675-71f1-a974-712a4de13e03/provision-of-pipette-service-repair-and-calibration-services) [Starlab](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/starlab) · Award notice Ends 30 Nov 2026 £295,393
- [Provision of Hive Side Training](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bcf-2d93-701c-933b-e5f972445c6b/provision-of-hive-side-training) [The Bee Farmers Association Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/bee-farmers-association) · Award notice Ends 30 Nov 2026 £406,000
- [APHA CapEx: Supply of Two (2) Microscope, Objectives, Camera - Carmarthen](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d12-46ad-7070-ad3f-3b274e4d6bbb/apha-capex-supply-of-two-2-microscope-objectives-camera-carmarthen) [Nikon UK, Branch of Nikon Europe B.V.](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/nikon-branch-of-nikon-europe) · Award notice Ends 8 Dec 2026 £21,895
- [Supply of a ChemiDoc Imaging System](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cea-b025-71fd-a18e-64be4f8161e4/supply-of-a-chemidoc-imaging-system) [Bio-Rad Laboratories Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/bio-rad-laboratories) · Award notice Ends 12 Dec 2026 £23,860
- [Supply of Computer Controlled Microplate Reader for Fluorescence](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bc6-e705-7111-a97a-a08642907213/supply-of-computer-controlled-microplate-reader-for-fluorescence) [BMG LABTECH Ltd.](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/bmg-labtech) · Award notice Ends 31 Dec 2026 £17,269
- [APHA CapEx: Supply of WellJet Automated Dispenser Machine](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bc4-2761-70b7-857c-7b48300d1912/apha-capex-supply-of-welljet-automated-dispenser-machine) [Integra Biosciences Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/integra-biosciences) · Award notice Ends 19 Jan 2027 £26,956
- [Call-Off Contract C26936 - Purchase of Multi-mode Plate Reader](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cf7-274f-7348-a919-766fd573a42d/call-off-contract-c26936-purchase-of-multi-mode-plate-reader) [SciQuip Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/sciquip) and 1 more · Award notice Ends 31 Jan 2027 £24,554
- [APHA Domestic Specialist Courier Service for 2026 (Direct Award)](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d15-f776-71c8-9ac8-a0841e0f46d1/apha-domestic-specialist-courier-service-for-2026-direct-award) [Topspeed Couriers Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/topspeed-couriers) · Award notice Ends 31 Jan 2027 £3,600,000
- [Contract C32444: Installation of Double Meshing Secondary S/S Wire Mesh](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bd1-5d3d-72ca-a3a4-7441a5f64654/contract-c32444-installation-of-double-meshing-secondary-ss-wire-mesh) [No.5 Plumbing & Building Services Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/no-5-plumbing-and-building-services) · Award notice Ends 31 Jan 2027 £35,000
- [Enhancements to www.ibtb.co.uk](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ce0-93ac-73dc-9d66-f7c16ce90852/enhancements-to-wwwibtbcouk) [Environmental Research Group Oxford Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/environmental-research-group-oxford) · Award notice Ends 31 Jan 2027 £599,820
- [C33109 - Supply of Immunohistochemistry Pre-Treatment Module](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d23-8fe9-7205-9a6e-4f7f54ff097f/c33109-supply-of-immunohistochemistry-pre-treatment-module) [Fisher Scientific UK Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/fisher-scientific) · Award notice Ends 22 Mar 2027 £13,952

## What they buy

- [Laboratory & precision equipment 44](https://tendernation.io/sectors/laboratory-precision-equipment)
- [Architecture, engineering & surveying 30](https://tendernation.io/sectors/architecture-engineering-surveying)
- [Research & development 10](https://tendernation.io/sectors/research-development)
- [Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals 9](https://tendernation.io/sectors/medical-equipment-pharmaceuticals)
- [Agricultural, forestry & horticultural services 8](https://tendernation.io/sectors/agricultural-forestry-horticultural-services)
- [Sewage, refuse, cleaning & environmental 5](https://tendernation.io/sectors/sewage-refuse-cleaning-environmental)

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