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# 2025-778 Sheep Genotyping Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2025-778-sheep-genotyping-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05a01e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board: "2025-778 Sheep Genotyping Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: defra-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/agriculture-and-horticulture-development-board-GB-PPON-PBHX-8363-MBBV)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 November 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research laboratory services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £312,500 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2025-778-sheep-genotyping-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05a01e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05a01e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2025-778-sheep-genotyping-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05a01e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [defra-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefra-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2025-778-sheep-genotyping-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05a01e#participate

## Description
Signet Breeding Services is the part of AHDB responsible for delivering the UK’s national genetic evaluations to sheep producers.
Signet delivers three mixed breed genetic evaluations to the sheep industry, one for terminal sire breeds, one for lowland maternal breeds and one for hill breeds. Our terminal sire and hill evaluations utilise genomic information that has been provided to AHDB from a variety of different sources using a range of chip types. Genomic approaches are rapidly being developed for our lowland maternal evaluation.
AHDB is seeking tender applications to secure the services of companies that can provide the genotypes required to complete this work. Two work packages are specified within this tender document. Bidders can bid for either work package or both of them.
Work Package 1. Medium density sheep genotyping for hill sheep and maternal breeds.
Work Package 2. Medium density sheep genotyping for terminal sire br

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73111000

- **Estimated Value:** £0

- **Contract Period:** 26/01/2027 to 26/12/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 2025-778 Sheep Genotyping Services (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Neogen Europe Limited, Weatherbys Ireland Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PQJX-4334-PYQQ`, `GB-PPON:PCTQ-3498-XWWR`
  - Value: £312,500 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 18/12/2025

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Neogen Europe Limited, Weatherbys Ireland Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PQJX-4334-PYQQ`, `GB-PPON:PCTQ-3498-XWWR`
  - Value: £312,500 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 2025-778 Sheep Genotyping Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £312,500
  - Signed Date: 26/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F058889-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-05T14:26:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T17:13:06.252Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05a01e