Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Defra Network e-Tendering Portal
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK
E-mail: melanie.swain@defra.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Environment
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Project 30072 — Farmer-delivered, East Sussex Badger Vaccination Pilot
Reference number: 30072
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The authority requires a contractor to act as a managed service provider to deliver a large scale, Farmer-delivered badger vaccination Pilot in East Sussex over a five (5)-year period.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 271 388.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
East Sussex, UK.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The authority requires a contractor to act as a managed service provider to deliver a large scale, farmer-delivered badger vaccination pilot over a five (5)-year period.
The contractor will establish sub-contracting arrangements with delivery partners (predominantly farmers) to deliver vaccination services on a two hundred and fifty (250) square kilometre contiguous area of East Sussex with a reservoir of bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
This Pilot aims to deliver vaccination in East Sussex, an area that is unlikely to take part in a future cull and provide information to support vaccination as a badger control tool.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical questions
/ Weighting: 60 %
Price
/ Weighting:
40 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 215-528586
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 30072
Title: Project 30072 — Farmer-delivered, East Sussex Badger Vaccination Pilot
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30/03/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cliffe Veterinary Group
21, Cliffe High Street
Lewes
BN7 2AH
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 271 388.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Defra
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice
London
WCA 2LL
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Defra group Commercial
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/04/2021