Cefas tenders
Live opportunities and awarded contracts from Cefas, aggregated from 600+ UK procurement sources and updated daily.
Cefas has no open tenders at the moment. We hold 251 published contract awards from this buyer, so you can see who has won its work before, where the buyer named a supplier. It buys most often in Research & Consultancy, Architecture & Design and Marketing & Communications. Set up a free alert to be told the next time it publishes something that matches what you do.
What Cefas buys
Typical contract size
Based on 244 award notices with values recorded.
Procurement activity
Cefas procurement over time
Monthly procurement notice count from this buyer (opportunity notices only, awards excluded). Seasonality is typical: many buyers pause tendering activity in August and December.
Live Cefas tenders
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Recent awards by Cefas
- Willis Towers Watson£14,00014 Apr 2026
CEFAS26-70 Contract for insurance policy for subsea camera equipment hire
- Thermo Fisher Scientific£51,4539 Feb 2026
CEFAS25-134 Request for Quotation for Acquisition of an ICP-OES
- Evident Europe GmbH - UK Branch£10,0212 Feb 2026
CEFAS25-128 The Supply of a Light Stereo Microscope for Blue Belt St Helena
- Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd£104,92730 Jan 2026
CEFAS25-136 Gas Chromatography Tandem Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer System
- Elementar UK Ltd£56,12729 Jan 2026
CEFAS25-135 Benchtop carbon analyser.
- Phoenix Software£6,300,00013 Jan 2026
CEFAS25-108 Contract for Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
Contracts expiring at Cefas
Current contracts approaching expiry — likely to be re-tendered. Upgrade to Business to see the predicted re-tender date and track them on your pipeline.
- CEFAS24-95 Contract for ad hoc ecological data collection fieldwork, HPCexpires 31 Dec 2027Incumbent: Carcinus Ltd · retender date (Business)
- CEFAS23-09 Contract for Marine Benthic Macroinvertebrate Sample Processing: Bridgwater Bay£77,000expires 31 Dec 2027Incumbent: University of Hull · retender date (Business)
- CEFAS24-95 RFQ for ad hoc ecological data collection fieldwork in the vicinity of Hinkley Point C£115,000expires 31 Dec 2027Incumbent not recorded · retender date (Business)
- CEFAS24-143 Contract for the provision to provide intertidal rock platform monitoring surveys at Hinkley Point.£300,000expires 31 Dec 2027Incumbent: Marine Science Support Ltd · retender date (Business)
- CEFAS23-120 Contract for Scallop Dredge Surveys£430,000expires 25 Feb 2028Incumbent: Evening Star FR LLP · retender date (Business)
- CEFAS23-47 Contract for services for a lone worker system and support£80,000expires 31 Mar 2028Incumbent: Ascom UK Ltd · retender date (Business)
- CEFAS22-123 Contract for services for E Coli sampling, analysis, reporting and publication£450,000expires 31 Mar 2028Incumbent: SSQC Ltd (Cefas DA) · retender date (Business)
- CEFAS24-151 ITT for the provision to provide King Scallop Dredge Surveys£480,000expires 13 Mar 2029Incumbent not recorded · retender date (Business)
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About Cefas procurement
Cefas is a public sector organisation that publishes procurement notices through the UK public tender system. TenderSignal monitors Cefas's contract notices, framework agreements, and open competitions across 600+ procurement portals and data sources, giving suppliers a single place to track the opportunities they publish. In total, we have recorded 342 procurement notices from Cefas, including 251 awarded contracts.
What Cefas procures
Cefas's procurement activity covers Research & Consultancy, Architecture & Design, Marketing & Communications and several other categories. Suppliers in these markets will find a mix of invitations to tender (ITTs), requests for proposals (RFPs), restricted procedures, and framework call-off opportunities in the notices published. Based on 244 award notices with values recorded, the median contract value is £50k, with an average of £160k. Total awarded contract spend in the last 12 months reached £7m.
How to find Cefas tenders
TenderSignal aggregates Cefas's tender opportunities continuously, surfacing new contract notices as soon as they are published. Their sourcing activity spans Lowestoft, South West, East of England, Scotland and other areas. Suppliers can register for a free account to receive weekly alerts for new opportunities from Cefas and similar buyers, or daily on Pro. Pro subscribers also receive AI-scored relevance ratings, buyer contacts on hard-to-find tenders, and full access to the awarded contract history, making it straightforward to research the competition and assess which public procurement opportunities are worth pursuing.
Cefas tenders: frequently asked questions
How do I find Cefas tenders?
Every Cefas notice we collect is listed on this page, gathered from the portals it publishes on. You can also set a free alert and be emailed when it publishes something new.
Does Cefas have any contracts open now?
Not at the moment. Set up a free alert and its next tender will reach you in your digest.
Who wins Cefas contracts?
The awards on this page name the winning supplier where the buyer published it, along with the contract value and dates, so you can see who you would be bidding against.