Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply of up to 30 Postmortem Room Tables
Notice Description
APHA has a number of busy postmortem rooms that supports APHA's surveillance and statutory activities. APHA's postmortem rooms must have suitable equipment to handle a wide range of animal species and the capacity to perform multiple postmortems at once. APHA has an immediate requirement to purchase six postmortem tables at three sites (Bury, Carmarthen and Weybridge) which have reached the end of their lives. This Contract will however be in place for a total of five years and during this period any APHA site may purchase postmortem tables via this contract for other sites, subject to business need and budgetary approval. Note on start date: the contract start date was 16/01/2026.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e3d1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004281-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
45 - Construction work
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
-
- CPV Codes
33900000 - Post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies
45255400 - Fabrication work
77500000 - Animal husbandry services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 20 Jan 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active, Pending
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY
- Contact Name
- Tom Redfearn
- Contact Email
- tom.redfearn@defra.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7920053570
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 4DF
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004281-2026
19th January 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086001-2025
23rd December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085998-2025
23rd December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075020-2025
19th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074981-2025
18th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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