Expired contract

34712 - APHA Inverted Fluorescent Microscope

Details

Value
£30,000
Duration
1 year
Published
17 September 2022

Tender description

APHA requires the supply, delivery, and installation of one (1) Inverted Fluorescent Microscope for their Pathology Department at APHA Weybridge. The Equipment will be used in the development of a tissue culture-based model to investigate infection of tissue slices, and the initial steps in the interaction between pathogens and the host immune response within the context of living tissue.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published17 September 2022
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date30 November 2022
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date30 November 2023

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

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