Awarded contract

Service and Maintenance of Microbiological Safety Cabinets (MSCs) and various Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) Equipment

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Contained Air Solutions
Value: £528,409.51
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Repair and maintenance services of measuring, testing and checking apparatus
Published: 16 September 2022
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) requires the provision of a service and maintenance contract for LEV Equipment such as Microbiological Safety Cabinets (MSCs) laminar flow cabinets, flexible film isolators and downdraft tables. This notice is the contract award for this service. The Contract includes Preventative Maintenance visits and Corrective Maintenance visits, to be carried out on-site as and when required. The list of Equipment includes MSCs class I/II/III, with some requiring KI discus tests. The Authority also reserves the right to include, in the scope of these requirements, the possibility of future service of fume cupboards and hoods at a later date if required The estimated contract value for the full contract period (including optional extension and estimate of spare parts likely to be required) is £528,409.51

Timeline

Completed: Award date12 September 2022
Completed: Award published16 September 2022
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2027in 12 months

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.

Relevant CPV codes

50410000 · Repair and maintenance services of measuring, testing and checking apparatus

Decision makers

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Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov
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