Expired contract

Control of Iceberg Diseases in Sheep in Wales

Details

Buyer: Welsh Government
Supplier(s): Wales Veterinary Science Centre
Duration: 5 months
Topic: Research laboratory services
Published: 12 November 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Award of a contract for the assessment of the prevalence of three major chronic sheep diseases in Wales - collectively known as "Iceberg diseases". No competitive process was followed as the supplier in question uniquely holds sole access to suitable, geographically diverse samples, in-house Enerplex testing platform as well as the laboratory infrastructure, data handling systems and scientific expertise required to carry out the testing. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published12 November 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date12 November 2025
Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2026

About the buyer

The Welsh Government is the devolved government for Wales and buys as a central government body through its Corporate Procurement Services team. That team advises departments on procurement and supports larger tenders. Commercial Procurement ICT handles digital contracts and lets ICT frameworks for the Welsh public sector. Welsh Government Commercial Delivery, formerly the National Procurement Service, builds national frameworks with councils and the Welsh NHS.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Welsh Government's contract awards have been in business services, research and development and architectural and engineering services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@welsh-government.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@welsh-government.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@welsh-government.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@welsh-government.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@welsh-government.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@welsh-government.gov