Contract award · 3 Apr 2025

Supply of Specified Pathogen Free (SPF) Eggs to APHA

Animal and Plant Health Agency awarded “Supply of Specified Pathogen Free (SPF) Eggs to APHA” to VALO BioMedia GmbH for £480k on 3 Apr 2025.

Agriculture & forestry productsLondon

Value £480k
WinnerVALO BioMedia GmbH SME

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Animal and Plant Health Agency · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Supplier
VALO BioMedia GmbH SME
Value
£479,628
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Agriculture & forestry products · Animal products and related products (CPV 03140000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date3 Apr 2025
  2. Published3 Apr 2025Published the same day

Description

APHA is an executive agency working on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Scottish Government and Welsh Government. APHA’s role is to<br/>safeguard animal health and welfare as well as public health, protect the economy and enhance food security through research, surveillance and inspection.<br/><br/>APHA’s range of responsibilities includes statutory work for the United Kingdom (UK) government for disease control through surveillance activities, research and consultancy. A number of these animal related research and surveillance activities, such as vaccine development and identification of types of disease, require Eggs to provide tissues, embryos and live birds. It is important that these Eggs are free of specified pathogens or extraneous agents, as they could cause infection or contaminate the work. In addition, there is a legal requirement that Eggs used in the production and quality controls of vaccines are free from specified pathogens.<br/…

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