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Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute has awarded 14 UK public contracts worth £45.9m since 3 Apr 2023. Suppliers include Staffline Recruitment NI Ltd..

Northern Ireland Official websiteFirst contract 3 Apr 2023Latest contract 8 Aug 2025

Contracts: 14
Published value: £45.9mwhere stated
Without competition: 0%0 contracts
Won by SMEs: 79%of 14 with size known

Contracts awarded per month, last 24 months 12 contracts · busiest month August 2025

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Suppliers used most

Staffline Recruitment NI Ltd. SME 7 contracts · £40m
CPL Resources Public Limited Company 5 contracts · £33.6m
Apple Recruitment Services SME 5 contracts · £33.2m
The UK Recruitment Co Ltd 2 contracts · £6.81m
Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd SME 2 contracts · £278k
Platinum Recruitment NI Ltd SME 1 contract · £4.81m
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited 1 contract · £2.7m
Anderson Spratt Group Ltd SME 1 contract · £2.25m
MCS Personnel Limited SME 1 contract · £1.6m
Source Bioscience UK Ltd SME 1 contract · £237k

What they buy

Business services 9 contracts · £45m
Laboratory & precision equipment 3 contracts · £515k
Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals 1 contract · £226k
Agricultural machinery 1 contract · £140k

All contracts awarded by Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

Contracts awarded by Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Date	Contract	Supplier	Value
8 Aug 2025	ID 4993870 AFBI – Provision of Temporary Workers, Fixed and Permanent Recruitment, Executive Search and Recruitment Advertising Services: Lot 1- Health and Safety, Waste Management and Estates Management	Apple Recruitment Services SME, CPL Resources Public Limited Company +1 more	£1.6m
8 Aug 2025	ID 4993870 AFBI – Provision of Temporary Workers, Fixed and Permanent Recruitment, Executive Search and Recruitment Advertising Services: Lot 2- Scientific	Apple Recruitment Services SME, CPL Resources Public Limited Company +1 more	£22m
8 Aug 2025	ID 4993870 AFBI – Provision of Temporary Workers, Fixed and Permanent Recruitment, Executive Search and Recruitment Advertising Services: Lot 3- Information Technology	Apple Recruitment Services SME, CPL Resources Public Limited Company +1 more	£4m
8 Aug 2025	ID 4993870 AFBI – Provision of Temporary Workers, Fixed and Permanent Recruitment, Executive Search and Recruitment Advertising Services: Lot 4- Business Support	Platinum Recruitment NI Ltd SME, Staffline Recruitment NI Ltd. SME +1 more	£4.81m
8 Aug 2025	ID 4993870 AFBI – Provision of Temporary Workers, Fixed and Permanent Recruitment, Executive Search and Recruitment Advertising Services: Lot 5- People and Culture and Legal services	Apple Recruitment Services SME, MCS Personnel Limited SME +1 more	£1.6m
8 Aug 2025	ID 4993870 AFBI – Provision of Temporary Workers, Fixed and Permanent Recruitment, Executive Search and Recruitment Advertising Services: Lot 6- Financial Administrators and Qualified Accountants	Apple Recruitment Services SME, CPL Resources Public Limited Company +1 more	£4m
8 Aug 2025	ID 4993870 AFBI – Provision of Temporary Workers, Fixed and Permanent Recruitment, Executive Search and Recruitment Advertising Services: Lot 7- Industrial staff	CPL Resources Public Limited Company, Staffline Recruitment NI Ltd. SME +1 more	£2m
8 Aug 2025	ID 4993870 AFBI – Provision of Temporary Workers, Fixed and Permanent Recruitment, Executive Search and Recruitment Advertising Services: Lot 8- Executive Search	Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited	£2.7m
8 Aug 2025	ID 4993870 AFBI – Provision of Temporary Workers, Fixed and Permanent Recruitment, Executive Search and Recruitment Advertising Services: Lot 9- Recruitment Advertising	Anderson Spratt Group Ltd SME	£2.25m
27 Mar 2025	DAERA - AFBI - Deep Carbon Stock Assessment - Soil Nutrient Health Scheme	Agricarbon UK Limited SME	£140k
26 Feb 2025	ID 5555908 - DEARA - AFBI - CSB purchase of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) and Gas Chromatographic Mass-Spectrometer (GC-MS/MS).: Lot 1 - Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometer ICP-MS	Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd SME	£116k
26 Feb 2025	ID 5555908 - DEARA - AFBI - CSB purchase of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) and Gas Chromatographic Mass-Spectrometer (GC-MS/MS).: Lot 2 - Gas Chromatographic Mass-Spectrometer GC-MS/MS	Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd SME	£162k
31 Oct 2023	AFBI – THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF SOLID MEDIA FOR CULTURE OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS	Syntec Scientific Limited SME	£226k
3 Apr 2023	DAERA - AFBI - 48363 (e)DNA Metagenomics for Advanced Plant Health Surveillance	Source Bioscience UK Ltd SME	£237k