Awarded· 17 Jan 2025
Cornwall Badger Vaccination Pilot
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Westminster, London
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has awarded Cornwall Badger Vaccination Pilot. It is a contract for other health and social care in Westminster.
Source: Find a Tender, published 12 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Nfu
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 16:38
View notice2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 12:40
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About this tender
In brief
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has awarded Cornwall Badger Vaccination Pilot. It is a contract for other health and social care in Westminster. The contract went to Nfu. It was awarded on 17 January 2025. The contract value is £1,370,231.
It is run as a competitive procedure with negotiation. Find a Tender published it on 12 June 2025. The notice number is 031917-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04d4d3.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process for the Cornwall Badger Vaccination Pilot was conducted by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), aimed at initiating a three-year project centred on badger vaccination and research across three pilot areas in Cornwall. The project falls under the services procurement category, specifically focusing on veterinary services. Using a selective procurement method via a competitive procedure with negotiation, the award process was completed successfully.
Key dates involved in the contracting process include the award on 10th June 2025 and the previous contract indicated in January 2025, highlighting a strategic start in March 2025. With the project emphasising quality as the sole award criterion, Defra aims to shift from badger culling to vaccination as a core TB control strategy in badgers. The activities are to be carried out at designated sites within mid-Cornwall.
The notice in full
Defra requires a three-year project for badger vaccination and research activities in three (3) pilot areas in Cornwall.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Defra requires a three-year contract for badger vaccination and research activities in three (3) pilot areas in Cornwall.
There will be three (3) different approaches to badger vaccination delivery carried out under this Pilot: Annual, Bi-annual and Reactive, with TB blood tests carried out on a proportion of the badgers.
This unique pilot aims to provide scientific evidence in support of the Government manifesto pledge to stop badger culling and move to badger vaccination as the main form of TB control in badgers.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Nfu
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £1,370,231
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 031917-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04d4d3
- CPV code
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services; 85200000 - Veterinary services
- CPV division
- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services; 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Westminster
- Town
- South West London
- Postcode
- SW1P 4DF
- Electoral ward
- St James's
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Region
- London
- Sub-region
- Westminster and City of London
- Area
- Inner London - West
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Melanie Swain
- Address
- London, SW1P 4DF · London · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Nfu
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Cornwall Badger Vaccination Pilot
Who won the Cornwall Badger Vaccination Pilot contract?
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs awarded the contract to Nfu on 17 January 2025.
How much is the Cornwall Badger Vaccination Pilot contract worth?
The contract value is £1,370,231.
Who is the buyer for Cornwall Badger Vaccination Pilot?
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, based in Westminster, London. The named contact is Melanie Swain.
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