Published date: 8 August 2019

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


Closing: 29 June 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Custom software development services - 72230000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£35,715

Procurement reference

tender_212769/789936

Published date

8 August 2019

Closing date

29 June 2019

Contract start date

30 July 2019

Contract end date

1 March 2020

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?

No

Description

Risk assessment for some pathogens of interest for humans and livestock requires the availability of presence and abundance data on wild species which can represent reservoirs for pathogens. Many European countries and organizations collect spatial data on distribution and abundance of wildlife, but each one has its own specific characteristics with respect to the methodology used, the type of data acquired, the repository implemented and their accessibility.

Through ENETWILD, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is funding a "Citizen Science" project to collect comparable data at European level in order to analyse risks of diseases shared between wildlife, livestock and humans; data that are also essential in conservation and wildlife management.

APHA, an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, are a contracted partner in this EFSA funded project and have been tasked under the agreement with the adaptation of a current smart phone application called MammalTracker.

MammalTracker (http://www.brc.ac.uk/mammal_tracker/) is a smartphone application originally developed by Natural Apptitude (https://www.natural-apptitude.co.uk/) for the Biological Records Centre (BRC), a subgroup of the Centre for Hydrology and Ecology (CEH). The application allows users to record sightings of mammals across the UK, logging their species and location.

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Award information

Awarded date

30 July 2019

Contract start date

30 July 2019

Contract end date

1 March 2020

Total value of contract

£35,715

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Address

Maclean Building, Benson Lane Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB

Reference

Companies House number: 11314957

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Defra
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

network.procurement@defra.gov.uk