APHA CapEx: Supply of Bench-Top Parallel 4 Bioreactor Platform

A Contract Award Notice
by ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract ()
Duration: not specified
Value: £146K

Sector: MISCELLANEOUS
Published: 18 Jun 2026
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

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Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

Animal & Plant Health Agency London

1 supplier

Hel Hemel Hempstead

Description

APHA require a BioXplorer 400 4‑Position Bioreactor System to support their diagnostic, surveillance, and research activities involving Specified Animal Pathogens Order (SAPO) / Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens Hazard Group 3 (ACDP3) organisms.

Award Detail

1	Hel (Hemel Hempstead) Supply of Bench-Top Parallel 4 Bioreactor Platform Reference: 1 Value: £146,000

CPV Codes

None found

Legal Justification

No alternative equipment is considered suitable, as it fails to meet the size constraints for operation within the existing APHA laboratory class III safety cabinet and is incapable of reliably achieving the validated conditions of 90 °C for 60 minutes required for the safe and effective destruction of SAPO3 organisms.