AwardedAwarded 2 September 2025
Laboratory Information System Upgrade
Animal and Plant Health Agency · NHS and health
In brief
Animal and Plant Health Agency awarded IT and software work to Thermo Electron Limited on 2 September 2025.
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What the notice says
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.
Who won
| Winner | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Thermo Electron Limited | £462,143 | 3 September 2025 to 2 September 2026 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Contract details notice · UK7, notice 060848-2025
About the buyer
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From notice 060848-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 30 September 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.