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Cefas

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Cefas has won 20 UK public sector awards from 6 buyers since 2014. The typical award is worth £55,544. It has published 693 tenders and contracts since 2016, 496 naming a winner.

as a buyer

693 procurement records (692 unique titles), of which 496 have award details , between 3 May 2016 and 1 Jul 2026.

contracts published
693
median value
£37,047
excludes ceilings
largest
£18.3m
open now
0

as a supplier

20 recorded awards from 6 buyers , between 31 Aug 2014 and 26 Sept 2023.

awards won
20
exclusive
70%
14 sole-winner awards
median award
£55,544
largest
£998,591

“Exclusive” means this organisation was the only one awarded under that procurement; the rest were shared with other suppliers, typically on a framework.

sells to

top suppliers

supplierawardsmedian
Ocean Ecology Limited 12 £51,530
Marine Science Support Ltd 11 £98,880
Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd 8 £41,529
APEM Ltd 7 £18,000
Illumina Cambridge 7 £39,049
RS Aqua Ltd 7 £66,246
Ocean Ecology 5 £11,466
Bytes Software Services (Cefas DA) 5 £24,345
Bangor University 5 £41,436
Life Technologies Ltd 5 £30,180
Labware Limited (Cefas DA) 5 £54,114
Marine Space 5 £6,600

what it buys

common questions about Cefas

How many contracts has Cefas published?

Cefas has published 693 procurement notices since 2016, of which 496 name a winning supplier.

Does Cefas have any open tenders right now?

Cefas has no tenders open for bids right now.

Who are Cefas's biggest suppliers?

By number of contracts awarded, Cefas's most frequent suppliers are Ocean Ecology Limited, Marine Science Support Ltd and Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd.

How many public sector contracts has Cefas won?

Cefas has won 20 UK public sector contracts from 6 public bodies since 2014.

Which public bodies buy from Cefas?

Cefas has won the most contracts from Defra Network eTendering Portal, Scottish Government and Food Standards Agency.

How large are Cefas's contracts?

The median published value of a contract won by Cefas is £55,544. Framework ceilings are excluded, because they state a spending limit shared across many suppliers rather than a value one supplier received.

Which Cefas contracts are expiring soon?

30 contracts involving Cefas have end dates in the next 12 months, the earliest on 22 Sept 2026.

contracts expiring in the next 12 months

Contract end dates as published on the original notice. An end date is not a commitment to re-tender — a contract may be extended, varied or allowed to lapse — but it is the earliest public signal that work may come back to market.

contract role counterparty value ends
CEFAS24-83 Contract for onsite pipette clinic for Maintenance, Calibration & Repair buys Starlab £50,000 22 Sept 2026
CEFAS26-62 Professional IT Services assistance buys Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited £630,000 30 Sept 2026
CEFAS23-98 RFQ for variety of activities in Africa supporting Cefas' international programmes buys · £60,000 8 Oct 2026
CEFAS23-79 Contract for fully managed payroll services buys CGI IT UK Limited £162,000 31 Oct 2026
CEFAS25-15 Provision of Mobile Voice Service and Mobile Data Connectivity buys Vodafone UK Ltd £150,000 17 Nov 2026
CEFAS23-156 ITT for Western English Channel Sole & Plaice Time Series Survey buys · £210,000 31 Dec 2026
CEFAS23-134 Contract for provision of multi-functional devices (MFDs) for Cefas offices buys Ricoh UK Ltd £90,000 31 Jan 2027
CEFAS25-134 Request for Quotation for Acquisition of an ICP-OES buys Thermo Fisher Scientific £51,453 10 Feb 2027
CEFAS24-05 RFQ for the provision of a tissue processor for the Ocean Country Partnership Programme. buys · £30,000 19 Feb 2027
CEFAS24-08 Request for Quotation for provision of a solvent recycler under the Ocean Country Partnership Programme. buys · £30,000 19 Feb 2027
CEFAS24-09 Contract supply of microscope & peripherals DOE Belize OCPP (Cefas UT buys Belize Formulators Ltd. £6,344 27 Feb 2027
CEFAS24-10 Contract for microscope & peripherals for BAHA Belize for OCPP (CEFAS UT) buys Belize Formulators Ltd. £24,145 27 Feb 2027
CEFAS24-08 Contract for the provision of a solvent recycler under the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) buys Belize Formulators Ltd. £23,010 27 Feb 2027
CEFAS24-05 Contract for provision of a tissue processor and associated maintenance and servicing, for BAHA in Belize, under the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) buys Shandon Diagnostics Limited t/a Epredia £43,842 1 Mar 2027
CEFAS25-128 The Supply of a Light Stereo Microscope for Blue Belt St Helena buys Evident Europe GmbH - UK Branch £10,021 19 Mar 2027
CEFAS25-16 Azure Cost analysis Service buys Bytes Software Services (Cefas DA) £48,393 30 Mar 2027
CEFAS25-136 Gas Chromatography Tandem Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer System buys Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd £125,913 31 Mar 2027
CEFAS25-135 Benchtop carbon analyser. buys Elementar UK Ltd £67,353 31 Mar 2027
CEFAS24-62 Contract for provision of services to deliver Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) training buys Integral HSE Ltd £70,600 31 Mar 2027
CEFAS24-10 RFQ for microscope and peripherals for Belize under the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) buys · £30,000 31 Mar 2027
CEFAS25-03 Contract for provision of services for scientific workshop and event facilitation and associated services, in the UK and overseas. buys · £600,000 27 Apr 2027
CEFAS24-43 Contract for ZIA Web Filtering Services buys Visionist Limited £101,569 30 Apr 2027
CEFAS25-02 Applications for the Appointment of experts to the Sustainable Blue Economies (SBE) Technical Assistance Platform Development Advisory Panel (DAP) buys · £300,000 30 Apr 2027
CEFAS24-67 RFQ for provision of Microscope & Peripherals to Sri Lanka under OCPP buys · £30,000 21 Jun 2027
CEFAS24-67 Contract for provision of Microscope & Peripherals to Sri Lanka under OCPP buys Viewpulse Limited £35,594 22 Jul 2027
CEFAS22-58 Contract renewal for global risk management services buys International SOS Assistance (UK) Ltd (Cefas DA) £162,758 31 Jul 2027
CEFAS24-83 RFQ for onsite pipette clinic for Maintenance, Calibration & Repair buys · £36,000 30 Aug 2027
CEFAS23-97 Contract for a Mackerel Tagging Vessel buys Unity fishing co Ltd £400,000 31 Aug 2027
CEFAS23-97 ITT for a Mackerel Tagging Vessel buys · £840,000 3 Sept 2027
Framework Contract for marine phytoplankton sample analysis. supplies EA £400,000 12 Sept 2027

contracts won

contractbuyervalueawarded
Starfish Hosting 2023-2025 EA £172,911 26 Sept 2023
Framework Contract for marine phytoplankton sample analysis. EA £400,000 11 Sept 2023
29581 - Environmental Risk Assessment and Management Services for Chemicals (ERAS2) shared Defra Network eTendering Portal £600,000 20 May 2021
Starfish Hosting 2021 - 2023 Defra Network eTendering Portal £171,539 31 Mar 2021
FS616026 NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY for Bacterial Contamination of Bivalve Molluscs The Food Standards Agency £454,935 31 Mar 2021
MCCIP III Partnership Agreement Defra Network eTendering Portal £15,000 9 Mar 2017
Susceptibility of Common Bream, Chub and Barbel to Spring Viraemia of Carp Virus (SVCV) Defra Network eTendering Portal £24,888 9 Jan 2017
Identification of possible agent(s) of puffy skin disease in rainbow trout Defra Network eTendering Portal £24,634 9 Jan 2017
Assessing the Importance of Small Stream Ecosystems Defra Network eTendering Portal £998,591 31 Aug 2014
Award of Analysis of Trace Metals in Biota (MS-P-0446) Scottish Government £55,544 4 Mar 2026
Award of Analysis of Trace Metals in Sediment using a Total Digest Metals (MS-P-0413) Scottish Government £45,088 3 Dec 2025
Marine Licensing & Specialist Advice Framework - Lot 1 shared Natural Resources Wales · 29 May 2024
Framework Contract for marine phytoplankton sample analysis. shared ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal) · 1 Nov 2023
Project 36818 - UK Seafood Fund – Science & Innovation Pillar - Fisheries Industry Science Partnerships (FISP) Round 3 shared Defra Network eTendering Portal · 20 Dec 2022
Open Procurement shared Defra Network eTendering Portal · 13 Dec 2022
Award of Analysis of Trace Metals in Sediment using a Total Digest Metals Scottish Government £44,594 28 Jul 2022
FS430551 NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY for Foodborne Virus including Bivalve Molluscs The Food Standards Agency · 16 Jun 2021
Marine Licensing & Specialist Advice Framework shared Natural Resources Wales · 28 Apr 2021
FS616026 NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY for Bacterial Contamination of Bivalve Molluscs The Food Standards Agency · 8 Jan 2021
CR/2018/14 - Review of Noise Modelling Approaches to Inform Marine Mammal Pile Driving..... Scottish Government · 5 Feb 2019

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contracts published

contractvaluepublished
CEFAS22-58 Contract renewal for global risk management services £40,000 1 Jul 2026
CEFAS26-62 Professional IT Services assistance £630,000 ceiling 8 Jun 2026
CEFAS26-70 Contract for insurance policy for subsea camera equipment hire £14,000 ceiling 28 Apr 2026
CEFAS24-62 Contract for provision of services to deliver Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) training £30,000 31 Mar 2026
CEFAS25-16 Azure Cost analysis Service £24,345 ceiling 31 Mar 2026
CEFAS26-65 Supporting labour £70,000 31 Mar 2026
CEFAS25-23 Lab Information Management System £62,846 20 Mar 2026
CEFAS24-156 Contract for provision of temperature probes and data loggers £18,000 13 Mar 2026
CEFAS25-128 The Supply of a Light Stereo Microscope for Blue Belt St Helena £10,021 ceiling 16 Feb 2026
CEFAS23-09 Contract for Marine Benthic Macroinvertebrate Sample Processing: Bridgwater Bay £77,000 10 Feb 2026
CEFAS25-134 Request for Quotation for Acquisition of an ICP-OES £51,453 ceiling 10 Feb 2026
CEFAS25-136 Gas Chromatography Tandem Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer System £104,927 ceiling 3 Feb 2026
CEFAS25-135 Benchtop carbon analyser. £56,127 ceiling 2 Feb 2026
CEFAS25-108 Contract for Microsoft Enterprise Agreement £6,300,000 ceiling 29 Jan 2026
CEFAS24-112 Contract for services for outline water quality monitoring in the Taw and Torridge catchment in North Devon £45,000 21 Nov 2025
CEFAS24-138 Contract for satellite data imagery for Blue Belt island nations £24,406 17 Nov 2025
CEFAS25-13 ITS Hardware requirements £250,000 ceiling 3 Nov 2025
CEFAS25-46 Immersive H&S leadership training experience (YPO DPS 999 - Lot 26) £19,850 ceiling 17 Oct 2025
CEFAS24-83 Contract for onsite pipette clinic for Maintenance, Calibration & Repair £50,000 11 Sept 2025
CEFAS23-76 Contract for extended Warranty on LCMSMS laboratory system £35,000 9 Jun 2025
Cefas25-01 Contract for the Supply of Sea Going Sampling Services £120,000 21 May 2025
CEFAS25-15 Provision of Mobile Voice Service and Mobile Data Connectivity £150,000 ceiling 19 May 2025
CEFAS24-85 Contract for Micro Focus Content Manager Licences £39,979 ceiling 29 Apr 2025
CEFAS25-19 technical advisory services to support Hinkley Point £20,000 31 Mar 2025
CEFAS24-71 Contract for provision of services to collect data from seagrass habitats in Sri Lanka, under the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) £90,000 31 Mar 2025

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where these figures come from

Every figure on this page is derived from notices published by Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The corpus runs from 17 Dec 2014 to 11 Sept 2026 and is refreshed from the publishers' own APIs through the working day.

Records are combined into one organisation on identifiers where publishers provide them — a Companies House number, a GB-PPON supplier id — and on exact normalised name and address where they do not. Never on address alone: one shared-service postcode carries 244 unrelated organisations.

Counts are of contracting processes, not published notices: a tender and its award notice are one contract, and are counted once. Values are medians, never totals, and exclude framework ceilings — a ceiling states a spending limit shared across every supplier on the framework, so adding them together produces a number no one ever spent. sources and coverage · how matching works

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