Published date: 28 March 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 31 March 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CF-0271600D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

28 March 2024

Closing date

31 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This STA (single tender agreement) approval request relates to a Research Project awarded by ICRAD to ADAS following an open competition. ADAS was then jointly subcontracted with the University of Nottingham (UoN) by APHA with the costs have been approved by Defra (Project Code: SE14335). The Project co-ordinator is the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Germany. The project involves multiple partners from 6 European countries.

The objectives of the project are to:

• determine the extent of Prion protein gene (PRNP) variability in Icelandic sheep and predict the effect of specific polymorphisms (PM) on susceptibility/resistance to CS and analyse the prion biodiversity and zoonotic potential of Icelandic CS strains over time
• analyse how and where scrapie infectivity remains within the environment and how effective decontamination is in the field
• conduct epidemiological analysis of outbreaks to identify risk factors associated with prolonged exposure to CS, and to develop an economic model for CS response.

To address these objectives, 4 interactive Work-Packages (WP) were designed. Host Genetics (WP1), Prion Strain Evolution (WP2) and Environmental Factors (WP3) define the key impacts on this multifactorial disease, whilst WP4 utilises all results for Epidemiological Analysis and the development of an economic model.

APHA is actively involved in WP2 (Prion Strain Evolution) and WP3 (Environmental factors).

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Award information

Awarded date

6 February 2024

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£93,965

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

RSK ADAS Limited

Address

Spring Lodge, 172 Chester Road, Helsby WA6 0AR

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Defra

Address

17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom

Telephone

03459335577

Email

DGCEnquiries@defra.gov.uk