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# Laboratory Information System Upgrade

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/laboratory-information-system-upgrade-ocds-h6vhtk-058aed). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal): "Laboratory Information System Upgrade". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/animal-and-plant-health-agency-defra-network-etendering-port-gov-ea1079)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £462,143 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/laboratory-information-system-upgrade-ocds-h6vhtk-058aed#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058aed`

## 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/laboratory-information-system-upgrade-ocds-h6vhtk-058aed#tl-md)

## Description
The SampleManager is the software for the Laboratory Information Management Service system is used extensively for recording animal submissions, samples and testing, facilitates reporting of disease test results and underpins statutory disease testing for notifiable diseases, reportable diseases and other zoonotic diseases (human impacting diseases with primary biological reservoir in animals). 
This system is critical to APHA’s management of animal disease outbreaks and assuring and facilitating international trade by demonstrating sufficient surveillance for disease-free status.  
The purpose of this Transparency Notice is to announce APHA’s intention to enter into a contract to upgrade the SampleManager  current version (12.1) which is now out of support to 21.3 version for a year with 12 months extend options.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72000000, 72212517

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Laboratory Information Management System SampleManager Upgrade (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Thermo Fisher Diagnostics Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-93819`
  - Value: £462,143 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 23/09/2025

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Thermo Fisher Scientific**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PTND-1582-BZLR`
  - Value: £462,143 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £462,143
  - Signed Date: 01/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F060848-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-30T11:19:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T04:06:47.125Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-058aed