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APHA Rental of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Testing Equipment

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 07:33.

Opportunity overview

APHA is the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) reference laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) testing and requires the appropriate technology to provide accurate and timely veterinary AMR surveillance and clinical requirements. AMR testing can be accomplished by Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC), disk diffusion and molecular analysis. APHAs current requirement is for the disc diffusion method. However, no one method can determine accurately antimicrobial resistance completely therefore flexibility is required. These are very specialist machines that require complete compatibility with APHAs Laboratory Information Management System (LIMs). They must also be easily configurable to integrate into the dataflow and align to existing methods specific to veterinary surveillance. Giles Scientific are the only manufacturer of the Biomic3 system and there are currently no other suitable alternative readers available on the market. Please note that this contract started on the 01 August 2025 not the 15 August 2025 as advertised.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Giles Scientific Inc.

No match
Contract value
£108k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
13 Aug 2025
Including VAT
£129.6k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Location
Santa Barbara, California, US, USA 93140, United States

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C29937
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PBHC-6261-BLLQ
Name
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI32
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P 4DF
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PBHC-6261-BLLQ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Mandy Worsnop
Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PNBD-3289-CDGX
Name
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Role Details
Defra group Commercial

Roles

procuringEntity

Address

Region
UKI32
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P 4DF
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street

Details

Identifier

Id
PNBD-3289-CDGX
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Mandy Worsnop
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-157940
Name
Giles Scientific Inc.

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
US
Country
US
Locality
Santa Barbara, California
Postal Code
USA 93140
Country Name
United States
Street Address
Post Office Box 4306

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
38000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-157940
Name
Giles Scientific Inc.

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
APHA Rental of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Testing Equipment
Status
active
Award ID
1
Date Signed
14 Aug 2025, 00:00
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
No

Value

Amount
108,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
129,600

Period

Ends
31 Jul 2026, 23:59
Starts
15 Aug 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Jul 2029, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The Authority may extend the contract to the extension end date by providing at least 3 months notice.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
048637-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
contractNotice
Published
14 Aug 2025, 10:15

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
KPI 3 - Software
Description
Software updates shall be managed effectively.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
KPI 1 - Delivery on Time
Description
The Equipment is delivered with four (4) weeks of the contract being accepted.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12
Entry 3
Id
3
Title
KPI 2 - Quality
Description
The Equipment is accepted as suitable by APHA and performs to the manufacturer’s specifications.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12
Entry 4
Id
4
Title
KPI 4 - Hardware
Description
Corrective maintenance is performed on the Equipment as required.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12
Entry 5
Id
5
Title
KPI 5 - Support
Description
Customer support shall be provided by the Supplier seven (7) days per week.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1P 4DF · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05879f-2025-08-14T10:15:32+01:00Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·