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title: "AFBI – THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF SOLID MEDIA FOR CULTURE OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/afbi-the-supply-and-delivery-of-solid-media-for-culture-of-mycobacterium-bovis-ocds-h6vhtk-03f6aa"
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# AFBI – THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF SOLID MEDIA FOR CULTURE OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/afbi-the-supply-and-delivery-of-solid-media-for-culture-of-mycobacterium-bovis-ocds-h6vhtk-03f6aa). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Agri-Food and BioSciences Institute: "AFBI – THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF SOLID MEDIA FOR CULTURE OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS". Published status: active. Published Value: £226,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Sept 2023, 15:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Agri-Food and BioSciences Institute](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/agri-food-and-biosciences-institute-GB-FTS-128712)
- **Published Value:** £226,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 September 2023 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Isotopic reagents, Laboratory glassware, Laboratory reagents, Microbiological cultures
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03f6aa`

## 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/afbi-the-supply-and-delivery-of-solid-media-for-culture-of-mycobacterium-bovis-ocds-h6vhtk-03f6aa#tl-md)

## Description
The contract is for the supply and delivery of Lowenstein Jensen and Stonebrinks media slopes for the isolation of Mycobacterium bovis. It is estimated that AFBI will require the supply of a minimum of 10,000 Lowenstein Jensen and 10,000 Stonebrinks media slopes in the first year and subsequently in each year thereafter.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 33696400, 33698100, 33793000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £226,000

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024950-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-24T12:14:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T20:09:26.289Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03f6aa