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LAP COM-100 APHA LIMS

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY

Buyer Address: Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, UKI32, SW1P 4DF, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Wendy Ukwu

Contact Email: wendy.ukwu@defra.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: 0207 764 3631

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
462143.4 GBP
Published
24 Sep 2025, 11:53
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
07 Oct 2025, 23:00
Contract End
24 Sep 2026, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Region
n/a
Awarded To
ThermoFisher Scientific
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

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.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Awards

Award Title: Laboratory Information Management System SampleManager Upgrade

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