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Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-06-17 to 2026-06-17Updated 2026-06-17

£8.9M

Total spend

22

Contract awards

17

Unique suppliers

£403K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute has awarded 22 contracts worth £8.9M to 17 suppliers between 2023-06-17 and 2026-06-17, at an average contract value of £403K, with the top five suppliers holding 68% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

Top-five suppliers hold 68% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
TechWorks Marine Limited2£2.1M
Staffline Recruitment NI Ltd.1£1.6M
AB SCIEX UK LIMITED2£950K
WATERS LIMITED1£912K
LAB & PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION LIMITED1£404K
Lab & Process Instrumentation Ltd1£404K
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES LDA UK LIMITED2£393K
Stephen W Moore Limited1£286K
STEPHEN W MOORE LIMITED1£286K
AGRICARBON UK LIMITED2£280K
SYNTEC SCIENTIFIC LIMITED1£226K
GAS ANALYSIS SERVICES LIMITED2£219K
FitzGerald Ecology1£200K
Ideagen Ltd1£149K
IDEAGEN LIMITED1£149K
Ideagen Limited1£149K
AMPCS LIMITED1£118K

Procurement categories

What Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

38430000

38430000
8 awards£2.6M

79620000

79620000
1 awards£1.6M

34510000

34510000
1 awards£1.1M

34930000

34930000
1 awards£1.0M

34130000

34130000
2 awards£571K

90730000

90730000
2 awards£544K

38120000

38120000
1 awards£404K

71350000

71350000
2 awards£340K

72220000

72220000
2 awards£298K

33690000

33690000
1 awards£226K

48210000

48210000
1 awards£149K

Recent contracts

Latest Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

AFBI - Sustainable Livestock Systems – Supply and delivery of Multi-Gas Analysers

GAS ANALYSIS SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-03-20

£110K

ID 6121155 - AFBI - CSB - Supply, Delivery and Support of a Liquid-Chromatographic Mass-Spectrometer (LC-MS) with Linear Ion Trap (LIT) Functionality

AB SCIEX UK LIMITED · 2026-03-13

£475K

AFBI - Sustainable Livestock Systems – Supply and delivery of Multi-Gas Analysers

GAS ANALYSIS SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-03-04

£110K

ID 6221637 - AFBI - Supply, Delivery, Software Support and Warranty of Integrated Freshwater Data Buoys and Monitoring Hardware

TechWorks Marine Limited · 2026-03-03

£1.0M

ID 6121155 - AFBI - CSB - Supply, Delivery and Support of a Liquid-Chromatographic Mass-Spectrometer (LC-MS) with Linear Ion Trap (LIT) Functionality

AB SCIEX UK LIMITED · 2026-02-06

£475K

ID 6219059 - AFBI - RIVER MONITORING EQUIPMENT

LAB & PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION LIMITED · 2026-02-05

£404K

Lot 1 - Supply, Delivery, Support and Maintenance of 5 Data Buoys and Associated Instruments

TechWorks Marine Limited · 2026-01-26

£1.1M

ID 6219059 - AFBI - RIVER MONITORING EQUIPMENT

Lab & Process Instrumentation Ltd · 2026-01-21

£404K

AFBI - SAFSD - RFE - Supply and delivery of Tractors(s)

Stephen W Moore Limited · 2025-12-23

£286K

ID 6132142 - AFBI - SAFSD - RFE - Supply and delivery of Tractors(s)

STEPHEN W MOORE LIMITED · 2025-12-11

£286K

Lot 1- Health and Safety, Waste Management and Estates Management

Staffline Recruitment NI Ltd. · 2025-08-29

£1.6M

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DAERA AFBI - CSB purchase of Liquid-Chromatographic Mass-Spectrometers (LC-MS/MS)

Market analysis

Bidding into Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

68%

Top-5 supplier share

25d

Avg response window

27d

Median response window

50mo

Avg contract duration

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

How much does Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute spend on procurement?

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute awarded 22 contracts totalling £8.9M between 2023-06-17 and 2026-06-17, working with 17 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £403K.

Who are Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute by total award value are TechWorks Marine Limited, Staffline Recruitment NI Ltd., AB SCIEX UK LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 68% of contract value.

What does Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute buy from suppliers?

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute's procurement is concentrated in 38430000, 79620000, 34510000, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

How can my business bid for Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute contracts?

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute publishes open tenders on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. ENKII matches your business against live tenders, identifies certifications you'll need, and surfaces frameworks worth applying to. Free Readiness Score in 3 minutes.

What's the typical response window for Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute tenders?

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute typically gives suppliers a median of 27 days to respond (average 25 days). Standard contract duration is around 50 months.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-06-17

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
  • · Spend Network
Full methodology — calculations, refresh cadence & caveats

Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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