Challenge Sheep Health Screen
Details
- Supplier(s)
- SAC Consulting Veterinary Services
- Value
- £95,000
- Duration
- 6 years
- Topic
- Agricultural services
- Published
- 1 May 2019
- Source
- ContractsFinder
Tender description
AHDB Beef and Lamb have launched Challenge Sheep, a project monitoring the performance of replacement ewes. Each of the project farms will undertake health screens for production limiting diseases and infections over the next six years. These screens include testing for Maedi Visna, Johnes, Border disease, abortion antibodies and trace elements.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date5 May 2018
- Completed: Award published1 May 2019Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date31 August 2024
About the buyer
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 77100000 · Agricultural services
Decision makers
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