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# Cefas · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cefas-coh-13353046). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** Cefas is a Enterprise public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 9 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** Cefas
- **Organisation Scale:** Enterprise
- **Companies House number:** `13353046`
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-114807` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 9
- **Primary Sector:** [Marine services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/marine-services-98360000)
- **Company Status:** Active

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cefas-coh-13353046

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £1.3m (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £297k


## Buyer Geography
- **Regions of its buyers:** [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london), [Yorkshire and the Humber](https://tenderline.uk/regions/yorkshire-and-the-humber), [Wales (Cymru)](https://tenderline.uk/regions/wales)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[The Food Standards Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-food-standards-agency-gov-d102):** 2 procedures
2. **[Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321):** 2 procedures
3. **[Natural Resources Wales](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/natural-resources-wales-gov-ot1103):** 1 procedures (4 awards)
4. **[ENVIRONMENT AGENCY](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/environment-agency-gov-ea199):** 1 procedures

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[The Food Standards Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-food-standards-agency-gov-d102):** £455k · [FS616026 NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY for Bacterial Contamination of Bivalve Molluscs](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fs616026-national-reference-laboratory-for-bacterial-contamination-of-bivalve-molluscs-ocds-h6vhtk-0288fb)
2. **[The Food Standards Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-food-standards-agency-gov-d102):** £345k · [FS430551 NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY for Foodborne Virus including Bivalve Molluscs](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fs430551-national-reference-laboratory-for-foodborne-virus-including-bivalve-molluscs-ocds-h6vhtk-0288fa)
3. **[Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321):** £250k · [Farntastic Project](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/open-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-032500)
4. **[Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321):** £250k · [Farntastic Project](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-36818-uk-seafood-fund-science-innovation-pillar-fisheries-industry-science-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-035891)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 0

## Competitive Supplier Intelligence
> **Full Win-Loss & Award Analysis:** Complete historical contract timelines, pricing movement benchmarks, buyer relationship networks, and competitor analysis are available on Tenderline:
> [View complete Cefas public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cefas-coh-13353046#contract-history)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official award notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cefas-coh-13353046
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt