Awarded contract

NanoZoo: Protein nanoparticle vaccine platform for rapid response against zoonotic viruses in poultry and swine

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Oxford Brookes University
Value: £678,668
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 1 November 2023
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

This is a research project under the ICRAD ERA-Net. The overall goal of the NanoZoo project is to develop next generation baculovirus expression technology to go in a single step from synthetic gene to master seed production of viral antigens and to implement this 'plug-and-play' vaccine platform technology in the veterinary field to target important zoonotic viral diseases of poultry and swine.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 October 2023
Completed: Award published1 November 2023
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2027in 12 months

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

73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services

Decision makers

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