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Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)

Contracting authorityUKN06

Live contracts

134

1 awarded last 90d

Total awarded

£725.0m

£110k last 90d

Active suppliers

79

80 SME (68%)

Notices published

117

81 awards

Activity range

01 May04 Mar

First award 2025

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£2mJunSeptDecMarJunSeptDecMar

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

56

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£110k

Modified (90d)

0

Amendment notices

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services47 · £452.8m
goods51 · £23.2m
Unspecified19 · £3.4m

Instrument type

contract117 · £479.4m
Source:Find a Tender: 117

Awarded contracts · 134 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
ID 6202678 - AFBI – The Supply and Delivery of a Multibeam Echosounder 7092338290000£200kest.active
Procurement of New Benchtop Genome Sequencer and all consumables and servicing for ten years33100000£2.5mest.active
AFBI - Sustainable Livestock Systems – Supply and delivery of Multi-Gas AnalysersGAS ANALYSIS SERVICES LIMITED£155kest.active
AFBI Commercialisation of AFBI-bred Forage Grass Varieties66151000£100.0mest.active
AFBI - SAFSD Supply and Delivery of Flux Towers and N2O EquipmentLI-COR Biosciences UK Ltd£1.0mest.active
AFBI - SAFSD Supply and Delivery of Flux Towers and N2O EquipmentLI-COR Biosciences UK Ltd£1.0mest.active
ID 6121155 - AFBI - CSB - Supply, Delivery and Support of a Liquid-Chromatographic Mass-Spectrometer (LC-MS) with Linear Ion Trap (LIT) FunctionalityAB SCIEX UK LIMITED£475kest.active
AFBI - Sustainable Livestock Systems – Supply and delivery of Multi-Gas AnalysersGAS ANALYSIS SERVICES LIMITED£110k04 Mar 2026pending
ID 6221637 - AFBI - Supply, Delivery, Software Support and Warranty of Integrated Freshwater Data Buoys and Monitoring HardwareTechWorks Marine Limited£630kest.active
ID 6221637 - AFBI - Supply, Delivery, Software Support and Warranty of Integrated Freshwater Data Buoys and Monitoring HardwareR.S. AQUA LIMITED£630kest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
SR
£105.0mest.
14% of total
2
BH
£100.0mest.
14% of total
3
AR
5 contracts · SME
£75.0mest.
10% of total
4
CR
£75.0mest.
10% of total
5
WT
1 contract · SME
£75.0mest.
10% of total
6
HS
£45.0mest.
6% of total
7
AS
1 contract · SME
£45.0mest.
6% of total
8
EI
1 contract · SME
£35.0mest.
5% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
24 contracts
£1.0bn
71%
Agriculture, forestry services
7 contracts
£104.0m
7%
Financial, insurance
1 contract
£100.0m
7%
Support transport services
1 contract
£75.0m
5%
Architecture, engineering
3 contracts
£51.8m
4%
Laboratory, scientific
38 contracts
£38.8m
3%
Software packages, IT
1 contract
£35.0m
2%
Education, training
9 contracts
£21.7m
1%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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Business, legal, advisory
Agriculture, forestry services
Financial, insurance
Support transport services
Architecture, engineering
Laboratory, scientific
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