Closed tender

Provision of Support to an APHA Tier 2 National Exercise (ASPEN)

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Published: 20 February 2025
Submission: 25 March 2025
Source: uk:atamis:defra

Tender description

Provision of Support to an APHA Tier 2 National Exercise (ASPEN) The primary purpose of the Tier 2 National Exercise will be to test the Government’s Contingency Plans and established policy, for the control of an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).  Its aim is not to provoke new policy developments but rather to explore current policy and the arrangements for its implementation. It will also test APHA’s operational response arrangements and expose communications, resilience and capability to scrutiny. The requirement will be delivered through six (6) defined phases as follows: Phase 1: Project Initiation (Month 1) Phase 2: Project Design (Month 2) Phase 3: Project Development & Pre-Briefings (Months 3, 4 and 5) Phase 4: Project Delivery (Months 6, 7 and 8) Phase 5: Project Delivery & Project Debriefs (Months 8 and 9) Phase 6: Project Reporting & Closure (Month 10)

Timeline

Completed: Tender published20 February 2025
Current notice
Completed: Submission date25 March 2025

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. 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.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

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