Contracts Finder notice
RDE955 - Understanding and Improving the Welfare of Breeding and Teaser Males:
Authority: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
CPV: Research and development consultancy services (73200000)
Published contract value£49,826Exc. VAT
Contract ends 31 Mar 2027
Awarded to SRUC Innovation Ltd
Contract starts 9 Feb 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe project aims to document current housing, husbandry and reproductive management practices of breeding and teaser males, specifically boars (essential), bulls (essential) and rams (desirable) within GB livestock systems to better understand how these practices may influence animal welfare. Contract awarded by Defra.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- CF-0607900D8d000003VQwdEAG
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- No
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- SW1P 4DF; British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision2 Feb 2026
- Contract starts9 Feb 2026
- Notice published13 Feb 2026
- Contract ends31 Mar 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural AffairsContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- SRUC Innovation LtdSupplier
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-a6eabff6-a82a-47ad-93d9-63ce83eb4180-2026-02-13T14:36:38Z
- Published
- 13 Feb 2026
- Latest update
- 13 Feb 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-a6eabff6-a82a-47ad-93d9-63ce83eb4180
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-a6eabff6-a82a-47ad-93d9-63ce83eb4180-1