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Published 18 Nov 2025, 17:44 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Supply of up to 30 Postmortem Room Tables

Authority: ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33)Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77) Delivery: UK

Published estimate£750,000≈ £143k / year · £900,000 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 15 Dec 2025awarded 23 Dec 2025

Awarded to PD Engineering Consultancy Ltd2 awards

Contract term 5 yrs 3 moends 31 Mar 2031 · starts 6 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

APHA has a number of busy postmortem rooms that supports APHA's surveillance and statutory activities. APHA's postmortem rooms must have suitable equipment to handle a wide range of animal species and the capacity to perform multiple postmortems at once.

APHA has an immediate requirement to purchase six postmortem tables at three sites (Bury, Carmarthen and Weybridge) which have reached the end of their lives.

This Contract will however be in place for a total of five years and during this period any APHA site may purchase postmortem tables via this contract for other sites, subject to business need and budgetary approval.

Note on start date: the contract start date was 16/01/2026.

CPV: Animal husbandry services · Fabrication work · Post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Awarded 5 yrs 3 moSMEVCSEPublished value£750,000

Contract period: 6 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 (5 yrs 3 mo)Value: £750,000 exc. VAT · £900,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

33900000 Post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies 45255400 Fabrication work 77500000 Animal husbandry services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 50%Price: 50%

Published award criteria (2)

Price: As stated in the ITT documents.
Quality: As stated in the ITT documents.

What this means for your bid

Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 18 Nov 2025, 17:44 GMT
Last source update: 19 Jan 2026, 11:53 GMT
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 22 Dec 2025
Authority reference: C31105
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-074981
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Animal husbandry servicesFabrication workPost-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05e3d1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Defra Group eSourcing

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free

Submission deadline: 15 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
Clarification deadline: 8 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

via our e-procurement system, Atamis: defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

18 Nov 2025 → 19 Jan 2026 · 8 dates

Tender notice published342 days ago
18 Nov 2025, 17:44 GMT
Clarification questions by322 days ago
8 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
Submission deadline315 days ago
15 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
Award decision expected by308 days ago
22 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Assessment summaries sent308 days ago
23 Dec 2025
Contract starts294 days ago
6 Jan 2026
Standstill ends292 days ago
7 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
Latest notice published280 days ago
19 Jan 2026, 11:53 GMT

Notice history

7 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Nov 2025

Tender notice published
18 Nov 2025, 17:44 GMT
UK4
Tender notice published
19 Nov 2025, 08:56 GMT
UK4
Contract award notice published
23 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
UK6
Status changed to complete
23 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
Contract award notice published
23 Dec 2025, 17:04 GMT
UK6
Contract signature expected
7 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
19 Jan 2026, 11:53 GMT
UK7

Published amendments (1)

correction of typo

Routine re-releases (5)

2025-11: 2 releases · 18 Nov 2025, 19 Nov 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £750,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 33 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 19 Jan 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
PD Engineering Consultancy Ltd7 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2031Options: Up to 30 postmortem room tables may be purchased via this contract · Amended: Contact end date = 31st March 2031	£750,000same award published again · counted once	23 Dec 2025standstill to 7 Jan 2026	Standstill
PD Engineering Consultancy Ltd	£750,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Supply of up to 30 Postmortem Room Tables · PD Engineering Consultancy Ltd
Signed
19 Jan 2026
Value
£750,000
Period
20 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2031
Status
active
Options
Up to 30 postmortem room tables may be purchased via this contract.
3 agreed KPIs: KPI 1 Delivery · KPI 2 Quality · KPI 3 Changes
- KPI 1 Delivery, Delivery is made in full and with 12 weeks of an order been placed.
- KPI 2 Quality, The equipment meets the required standards as stated in the specification of requirements.
- KPI 3 Changes, For any additional purchases in line with section 8 of the specification, the supplier provides a complete proposal within 10 working days.

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3final-stage tenders	3	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PBHC-6261-BLLQ Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

PD Engineering Consultancy LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PNZJ-6236-HJBL Unit 1c Packhorse Industrial Estate, Kensworth, Luton, East of England, LU6 3QLContact email

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender19 Jan 2026, 11:53 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender23 Dec 2025, 17:04 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender23 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender19 Nov 2025, 08:56 GMT
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender18 Nov 2025, 17:44 GMT