Official UK procurement notice
APHA Rental of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Testing Equipment
Authority: ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)·On behalf of: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAPHA 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.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Aug 2025, 10:15 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2025, 10:15 BST
- Authority reference
C29937- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048637- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05879fFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published14 Aug 2025, 10:15 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giles Scientific Inc.SME | £108,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
APHA Rental of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Testing Equipment · Giles Scientific Inc.SME
- Signed
- 14 Aug 2025
- Value
- £108,000
- Period
- 15 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2026 · up to 31 Jul 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Authority may extend the contract to the extension end date by providing at least 3 months notice.
5 agreed KPIs: KPI 3 - Software · KPI 1 - Delivery on Time · KPI 2 - Quality …
- KPI 3 - Software, Software updates shall be managed effectively.
- KPI 1 - Delivery on Time, The Equipment is delivered with four (4) weeks of the contract being accepted.
- KPI 2 - Quality, The Equipment is accepted as suitable by APHA and performs to the manufacturer’s specifications.
- KPI 4 - Hardware, Corrective maintenance is performed on the Equipment as required.
- KPI 5 - Support, Customer support shall be provided by the Supplier seven (7) days per week.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSBeneficiary authority
- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSProcuring entityDefra group Commercial
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Giles Scientific Inc.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender