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title: "DAERA - AFBI - 48363 (e)DNA Metagenomics for Advanced Plant Health Surveillance"
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# DAERA - AFBI - 48363 (e)DNA Metagenomics for Advanced Plant Health Surveillance

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/daera-afbi-48363-e-dna-metagenomics-for-advanced-plant-health-surveillance-ocds-h6vhtk-038628). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Agri-Food and BioSciences Institute: "DAERA - AFBI - 48363 (e)DNA Metagenomics for Advanced Plant Health Surveillance". Published status: complete. Published Value: £237,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (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:** £237,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 January 2023 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Analysis apparatus, Detection and analysis apparatus, Instruments for checking physical characteristics, Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £237,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/daera-afbi-48363-e-dna-metagenomics-for-advanced-plant-health-surveillance-ocds-h6vhtk-038628#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038628`

## 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/daera-afbi-48363-e-dna-metagenomics-for-advanced-plant-health-surveillance-ocds-h6vhtk-038628#tl-md)

## Description
AFBI wish to seek a Contractor to carry out Illumina next generation sequencing on pre-extracted DNA samples, which will be collected over a four year period, as part of research projects, by AFBI Plant Health based at Newforge lane Belfast. Please see ID 4435227 – Specification for further details.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38400000, 38430000, 38432000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £237,000
- **Description:** AFBI wish to seek a Contractor to carry out Illumina next generation sequencing on pre-extracted DNA samples, which will be collected over a four year period, as part of research projects, by AFBI Plant Health based at Newforge lane Belfast. Please s...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Contract (active)
  - Award id: `009700-2023-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Source Bioscience UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-04078501`
  - Value: £237,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £237,000
  - Signed Date: 02/04/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009700-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-04-03T15:36:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T11:30:33.414Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038628