Published date: 16 May 2023

Last edited date: 6 June 2023

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


Closing: 3 March 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

SP40JQ

Value of contract

£169,983

Procurement reference

DSTL0000015492

Published date

16 May 2023

Closing date

3 March 2023

Closing time

5pm

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?

No

Description

Gurkha soldiers are less likely to develop traveller's diarrhoea during overseas deployment, compared to UK-born soldiers. The University of Birmingham have identified differences in the bacterial composition of the gut between these populations of following a period of time in the UK. Gurkha soldiers have a gut microbiota that is distinct from UK-born soldiers, primarily due to a higher abundance of Prevotella copri, which may explain the reduced incidence of traveller's diarrhoea. This Tasking will build on this preliminary work by determining how the microbiome (bacterial and viral as a minimum) changes over time (and post GI disturbances) following a period of overseas deployment. Ultimately, this could lead to modulation of the gut microbiota of soldiers and may aid in the prevention of traveller's diarrhoea when deployed overseas.

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Award information

Awarded date

31 May 2023

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£169,983

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The university of Birmingham

Address

Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Cameron Gall

Address

Porton Down
SALISBURY
SP40JQ
England

Telephone

01980956157

Email

cgall@dstl.gov.uk