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UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI 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: 2023-10-12 to 2026-10-12Updated 2026-10-12

£103.2M

Total spend

4

Contract awards

4

Unique suppliers

£25.8M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI has awarded 4 contracts worth £103.2M to 4 suppliers between 2023-10-12 and 2026-10-12, at an average contract value of £25.8M, with the top five suppliers holding 100% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI

Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
DLF A/S1£100.0M
Ilumina Cambridge Limited1£2.7M
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED1£375K
Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd1£130K

Procurement categories

What Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI buys

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

Financial and insurance services

66
1 award£100.0M

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33
1 award£2.7M

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
1 award£130K

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

77
1 award£375K

Recent contracts

Latest Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI contracts awarded

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

AFBI Commercialisation of AFBI-bred Forage Grass Varieties

DLF A/S · 2026-08-13

£100.0M

ID 6310512 - DAERA - AFBI - PROCUREMENT OF NEW BENCHTOP GENOME SEQUENCER AND ALL CONSUMABLES AND SERVICING FOR TEN YEARS

Ilumina Cambridge Limited · 2026-07-08

£2.7M

ID 6235074 - AFBI - Supply, Delivery and Servicing of Discrete Analyser

Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd · 2026-01-27

£130K

Contract

RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED · 2023-12-20

£375K

ID 4516354 - DAERA - AFBI - CSB purchase of a Gas Chromarographic Mass-Spectrometer (GC-MS/MS)

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES IRELAND LIMITED · 2023-03-01

£175K

Contract

Skipsteknisk AS · 2021-02-01

£1.9M

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1

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Market analysis

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

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

50%

Awards to SMEs

100%

Top-5 supplier share

0%

Framework call-offs

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Awards to social enterprises

Around 50% of Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI

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

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI awarded 4 contracts totalling £103.2M between 2023-10-12 and 2026-10-12, working with 4 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £25.8M.

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

The largest suppliers to Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI by total award value are DLF A/S, Ilumina Cambridge Limited, RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 100% of contract value.

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

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI's procurement is concentrated in financial and insurance services, medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-12

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
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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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