Official UK procurement notice
Diagnostic test for Mammalian TB
Authority: ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is seeking to identify existing and potential manufacturers and/or suppliers of field-deployable diagnostic tests for mammalian tuberculosis, including those with products currently under development or those willing to collaborate with APHA to create such solutions.
Information is required (detailed in the 'Engagement' section below) on the development status of mammalian diagnostic tests that could become available for use in 2026 or 2027. This market intelligence will support the strategy for controlling mammalian tuberculosis (particularly in badgers), improve understanding of TB epidemiology in wildlife reservoirs, and assess potential transmission risks to livestock.
At this stage, APHA is gathering market intelligence only; therefore, estimated volumes and a contract value are not provided.
CPV: Diagnostic kits
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal) buys Medical consumables (CPV 3314), and who usually turns up
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Medical consumables (CPV 3314) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Greater London (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in Greater London.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 47 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid44% / 11%
2–344% / 17%
4–611% / 23%
7+0% / 49%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate53%
Within ±2%26%
Above estimate21%
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 3314No real estimate
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 13 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid31%
2–369%
4–60%
7+0%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Dec 2025, 15:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Dec 2025, 15:47 GMT
- Authority reference
P39115- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-080283- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f005Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 Dec 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published321 days ago5 Dec 2025, 15:47 GMT
- Market engagement265 days ago30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
Interested organisations are invited to submit the requested information (outlined below), via email, to Melanie Swain ([email protected]), by 30th January 2026:
- Details of any suitable product(s) currently under development.
- The type(s) of test being developed or already available.
- The underlying technology used in the test(s).
- Practical considerations for field deployment, including portability, power requirements, and methods for obtaining and recording test results.
- Knowledge or training requirements for operators/end-users.
- Ability and willingness to incorporate diagnostic targets into the test (e.g., antigens) as specified by APHA.
- Whether antigen production capability exists alongside test production.
- The nature and minimum volume of the diagnostic sample required for testing.
- Time required to obtain a test result.
- Operational temperature range.
- Storage conditions and shelf-life.
- Species for which the test is developed or intended.
- Expected or demonstrated performance metrics, including sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values (positive and negative).
- Any data on cross-reactivity with environmental mycobacteria, BCG vaccine (DIVA capability), or other common pathogens.
- Information on validation, reproducibility, and repeatability.
- Estimated date of product availability.
- Evidence of use in other regions or countries.
- Details of any licences or certifications held or required.
- Indicative wholesale and retail pricing information, if available.
This Notice is for information-gathering purposes only. It does not constitute a call for competition and does not guarantee any future procurement activity. Should a tender opportunity arise, suppliers will need to formally express their interest following the publication of a Contract Notice on Find a Tender.
APHA reserves the right to follow up with suppliers on a 1:1 basis to further understand their capabilities regarding this requirement.
- Tender notice expected48 days ago4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 160 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Dec 2025, 15:47 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender