Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Defra · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- NFU
- Value
- £1,370,231.07
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Health & social care · Veterinary services (CPV 85200000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Jun 2025
- Published13 Jun 2025Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
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.
About the supplier
NFU: every public contract they have won.