Buyer profile · Central government

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) tenders and contracts

Northern IrelandBelfastWebsite

Official name on notices: Agri-Food and Biosciences InstitutePublic Procurement Organisation

Tenders published
13
About one every 28 days
Contracts awarded
12
To 13 different suppliers
Value awarded
£107m
15 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£323k
Median value awarded
Open now
1
0 coming up

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

  1. AFBI - Supply and Delivery of Transmissibile Spongiform Encephalopathy Rapid Test Kits

    Northern IrelandMedical equipment and supplies

    Open10 days leftLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £600kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 8 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. DLF A/S£100m
    1 contract
  2. 1 contract
  3. TechWorks Marine LimitedSME£1.03m
    1 contract
  4. 1 contract
  5. 1 contract
  6. 1 contract
  7. Aurora Health Physics Services LtdSME£323k
    1 contract
  8. Johnston Gilpin & CoSME£286k
    1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)100%
Based on 13 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
30 days
Shorter than 58% of central government buyers
Based on 12 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
100%
Higher than 91% of central government buyers
Based on 13 procurements
Won by small firms
54%
Higher than 58% of central government buyers
Based on 13 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
2
Fewer than 86% of central government buyers
Based on 15 awards
Split into lots
23%
Higher than 78% of central government buyers
Based on 13 advertised tenders
Direct awards
0%
Lower than 85% of central government buyers
Based on 13 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most central government buyers
Based on 13 tenders

Compared with other central government buyers

Time to bid, 82 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days0
20–25 days6
25–30 days31
30–35 days32
35–40 days8
40–45 days5
45–50 days0
50–55 days0
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 79 central government buyers
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids3
2–4 bids29
4–6 bids27
6–8 bids6
8–10 bids6
10–12 bids3
12–14 bids1
14–16 bids1
16–18 bids3
18–20 bids0
20+ bids0
Advertised openly, 151 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%33
10–20%24
20–30%21
30–40%9
40–50%8
50–60%11
60–70%7
70–80%9
80–90%10
90–100%19
Won by small firms, 145 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%3
10–20%5
20–30%13
30–40%18
40–50%33
50–60%27
60–70%22
70–80%7
80–90%12
90–100%5

Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI).See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

No contracts we hold from Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) end in the next 90 days.

2 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards