Tender

Supply of up to 30 Postmortem Room Table

  • ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-074981

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05e3d1

Published 18 November 2025, 5:44pm

Scope

Reference

C31105

Description

APHA has a number of busy postmortem room 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 post-mortems at once.

APHA has an immediate requirement to purchase seven 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.

Total value (estimated)

  • £750,000 excluding VAT
  • £900,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 6 January 2026 to 31 March 2031
  • 5 years, 2 months, 26 days

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

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

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Enquiry deadline

8 December 2025, 5:00pm

Tender submission deadline

15 December 2025, 5:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

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

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

22 December 2025

Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name Description Type Weighting
Price

As stated in the ITT documents.

 Price 50.00%
Quality

As stated in the ITT documents.

 Quality 50.00%

Other information

Applicable trade agreements

  • Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure

Contracting authority

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBHC-6261-BLLQ

Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street

London

SW1P 4DF

United Kingdom

Contact name: Tom Redfearn

Telephone: +44 7920053570

Email: tom.redfearn@defra.gov.uk

Website: https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome

Region: UKI32 - Westminster

Organisation type: Public authority - central government