PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Cornwall Badger Vaccination Pilot

Defra · published 13 Jun 2025. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID0b8d16fd-f449-4d00-80bb-dc70f8ea8e6e-849547
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-2ecb1a16-449b-48f9-9cb7-c749a37f4d50
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-319434
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£1,370,231
award field
Tender value
£1,370,231
tender field
Procurement method
Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
85200000
Veterinary services
Delivery
South West, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

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.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release13 Jun 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published31 Jan 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published5 Jun 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published5 Dec 2028
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Published 13 Jun 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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