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title: "Contract award for Servicing, Maintenance and Calibration of Centrifuges"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-034cfc"
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# Contract award for Servicing, Maintenance and Calibration of Centrifuges

Buyer: DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-034cfc

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## Summary

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has awarded a contract for the servicing, maintenance, and calibration of centrifuges to Henderson Biomedical. The contract involves providing these services across England, Scotland, and Wales at various APHA laboratories. The value of the contract is £169,241.54 GBP. The use of centrifuges is crucial for APHA's scientific activities to protect the country from plant and animal diseases. The contract was signed on 18th November 2022.

This procurement opportunity, managed by the Defra Network eTendering Portal, can benefit businesses involved in servicing and maintaining medical equipment. The procurement stage was completed through an open procedure. Businesses that offer maintenance, repair, and calibration services for medical and precision equipment could find this tender particularly relevant. The process involved a quality criterion of 60% and a price criterion of 40% in the award decision.

## Notice

Contract award notice for the provision of a centrifuge maintenance, repair and calibration service for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). This includes Preventative Maintenance visits and Corrective Maintenance visits, being carried out on-site as and when required. The use of centrifuges is essential for the Agency to undertake all of its scientific activities as part of Defra's priority to protect the country from plant and animal diseases.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

APHA requires the provision of a centrifuge maintenance, repair and calibration service, including Preventative Maintenance visits and Corrective Maintenance visits and calibration, to be carried out on-site as and when required. The use of centrifuges is essential for the Agency to undertake all of its scientific activities as part of Defra's priority to protect the country from plant and animal diseases The centrifuges are located across England, Scotland and Wales at various APHA laboratories. A significant proportion of the centrifuges are currently located at APHA Weybridge site.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033591-2022 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Nov 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 28 Sep 2022 |
| Future notice date | 11 Jul 2022 |
| Award date | 18 Nov 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £278,000 |
| Lots value | £278,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £169,241 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3JR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HENDERSON BIOMEDICAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services
- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 50400000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment
- 71900000 - Laboratory services

## Release History

- 28 Nov 2022 at 09:34 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033591-2022
- 25 Aug 2022 at 15:52 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023847-2022
- 1 Jul 2022 at 10:43 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018005-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.defra.gov.uk
- https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk
- https://defra.bravsolution.co.uk

## Provenance

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