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# Contract award for Servicing, Maintenance and Calibration of Centrifuges

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-award-for-servicing-maintenance-and-calibration-of-centrifuges-ocds-h6vhtk-034cfc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defra Network eTendering Portal: "Contract award for Servicing, Maintenance and Calibration of Centrifuges". Published status: complete. Published Value: £278,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: defra.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321)
- **Published Value:** £278,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 September 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory services, Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £169,242 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-award-for-servicing-maintenance-and-calibration-of-centrifuges-ocds-h6vhtk-034cfc#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-034cfc`

## 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/contract-award-for-servicing-maintenance-and-calibration-of-centrifuges-ocds-h6vhtk-034cfc#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [defra.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefra.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-award-for-servicing-maintenance-and-calibration-of-centrifuges-ocds-h6vhtk-034cfc#participate

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71900000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £278,000
- **Description:** 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 centrifug...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of centrifuge servicing and maintenance (active)
  - Award id: `033591-2022-ref 36090-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Henderson Biomedical**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185101`
  - Value: £169,242 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of centrifuge servicing and maintenance (active)
  - Signed Value: £169,242
  - Signed Date: 18/11/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033591-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-28T09:34:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T08:10:28.893Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-034cfc