Awarded contract

C30644: Purchase of one Freestanding Automated Tissue-Tek VIP 6 AI Vacuum

Details

Buyer: Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
Supplier(s): SAKURA FINETEK UK LIMITED
Value: £54,298.24
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Published: 17 October 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

C30644: Purchase of one Freestanding Automated Tissue-Tek VIP 6 AI Vacuum for Science Operations & Research Dept, APHA. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published17 October 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date17 October 2025
Next: Contract expiry date26 October 2027in 12 months

About the buyer

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). APHA also works on behalf of the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government. Goods, services and works are acquired by competition, with single-tender contracts limited to exceptional cases. Larger purchases need procurement strategy approval from Defra's sponsor team once APHA passes its delegated authority limit.

Over the past 5 years, most of APHA's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, architectural and engineering services and research and development.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@animal-and-plant-health-agency-apha.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@animal-and-plant-health-agency-apha.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@animal-and-plant-health-agency-apha.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@animal-and-plant-health-agency-apha.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@animal-and-plant-health-agency-apha.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@animal-and-plant-health-agency-apha.gov