PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

RDE955 - Understanding and Improving the Welfare of Breeding and Teaser Males:

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · published 13 Feb 2026. 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 ID62816a9f-0310-4287-9e58-7e99dc32d63b-883706
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-a6eabff6-a82a-47ad-93d9-63ce83eb4180
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-322589
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£49,826
award field
Tender value
£49,826
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
73200000
Research and development consultancy services
Delivery
Not stated
SW1P 4DF
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The project aims to document current housing, husbandry and reproductive management practices of breeding and teaser males, specifically boars (essential), bulls (essential) and rams (desirable) within GB livestock systems to better understand how these practices may influence animal welfare. Contract awarded by Defra.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release13 Feb 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published8 Feb 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published9 Feb 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published name only

SRUC Innovation Ltd

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 13 Feb 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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