Contract award · 20 May 2025

Provision of Support to an APHA Tier 2 National Exercise (ASPEN)

Animal and Plant Health Agency awarded “Provision of Support to an APHA Tier 2 National Exercise (ASPEN)” to RAB Consultants Ltd for £156k on 20 May 2025.

Community & personal servicesLondon

Value £156k
WinnerRAB Consultants Ltd 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
Value
£155,600
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Community & personal services · Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations (CPV 98110000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date20 May 2025
  2. Published20 May 2025Published the same day

Description

APHA has a critical role in the control and eradication of endemic and exotic notifiable and reportable diseases including responding to Outbreaks of notifiable avian disease, Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) or swine fever.<br/><br/>APHA in conjunction with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Welsh Government (WG), Scottish Government (SG) & Northern Ireland (NI) and their operational partners are to work in partnership to plan, prepare and deliver a Tier 2 National Exercise. The exercise will be a medium to large scale FMD Outbreak originating in<br/>the border regions of England and Wales spreading to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.<br/><br/>The primary purpose of the National Exercise is to test Defra’s, WG’s, SG’s and NI governments current contingency plans and established policy, for the control of an outbreak of FMD. Its aim is not to provoke new policy developments but rather to explore current policy and the arrangements for its implementati…

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