Awarded contract

Modelling Services Framework - Lot 2 (Plant Health) - Uni of Cambridge

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge
Value: £800,000
Topic: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
Published: 26 April 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Animal and Plant Health Modelling Services Framework - Lot 2 (Plant Health) Lot 1: The Framework will give the Authority access to quantitative modelling capability and tools for animal and plant pest and disease modelling and expert analysis to meet occasional ad hoc policy requests. The Authority requires the Contractor to be available to respond to emergency situations in the form of expert consultation and/or input to modelling exercises. The purpose of carrying out this analysis is to inform policy decisions which may need to be made quickly, often based on evidence that is not complete.<br/><br/>This Framework replaces the previous Animal and Plant Health Modelling<br/>Framework, reference 25333. This was the Authority’s previous framework for<br/>animal and plant health modelling services which will expire in April 2024.

Timeline

Completed: Award date24 April 2024
Completed: Award published26 April 2024
Current notice

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

77000000 · Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

Decision makers

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