Published date: 14 June 2021

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


Closing: 5 August 2020, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_271236/971721

Published date

14 June 2021

Closing date

5 August 2020

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

26 April 2021

Contract end date

28 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Call for competition under the ERA-NET ICRAD scheme

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Following an application for research funding under the EU ICRAD ERA-NET scheme, the Authority is awarding a Contract to The Pirbright Institute for a research project. This project aims to support novel intervention strategies to combat African swine fever (ASF), a viral haemorrhagic fever of domestic pigs that is spreading across Europe, Asia and Africa. There is no vaccine or treatment against ASF and the disease can only be controlled by rapid diagnosis, quarantine and slaughter of affected herds. Introduction of ASF into the UK would inevitably lead to a loss of international trade as well as significantly impacting domestic production. ASF is caused by a complex virus, African swine fever virus (ASFV), that encodes for more than 150 different genes and part of the reason for the lack of treatments is our poor understanding of the role of these genes during the virus life cycle. Identification of the mechanisms by which ASFV manipulates cellular pathways to aid its replication, and evade host immune responses, will support vaccine design and identify potential targets for antiviral therapies.

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This contract is awarded following a call for competition under the ERA-NET ICRAD scheme, details of which can be found via the following website;

https://www.icrad.eu/calls-archive/

Award information

Awarded date

11 June 2021

Contract start date

26 April 2021

Contract end date

28 March 2024

Total value of contract

£495,901

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The Pirbright Institute

Address

Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

XX

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

03001234500

Email

procurement@defra.gov.uk