Expired contract

Supply and Delivery of Bench Top Flow Cytometer

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES LDA UK LIMITED
Value: £47,701
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Cytometers
Published: 9 January 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Supply and delivery of a Bench Top Flow Cytometer. This will be used for both bacterial counts and eukaryote analysis. The primary, initial purpose is to enumerate bacteria from water samples likely to contain low bacterial numbers. A secondary purpose is to determine ploidy in fish cells. Additional information: To apply please respond to the attached Request for Quotation and return to Andy Fegan (andy.fegan@environment-agency.gov.uk) by 12:00 on November 29th 2024

Timeline

Completed: Award published9 January 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date22 February 2025
Completed: Contract expiry date21 February 2026

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

38434510 · Cytometers

Decision makers

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