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Published 7 Aug 2025, 16:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Purchase, Storage and Emergency Production of Foot and Mouth Antigen and Vaccine

Official notice

Authority: ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)·On behalf of: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£4,500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 21 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrs 9 moends 31 Dec 2031 · up to 31 Dec 2036 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Defra is exploring options for supply of antigen and vaccines to the UK foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccine bank and is seeking to identify existing and potential suppliers who have FMD vaccines with robust evidence of quality, safety, and efficacy. We are keen to hear from suppliers who are in a position to supply suitable FMD vaccine products from early 2027 (including manufacturing lead times as necessary). Please provide the information detailed in the section below, but please note that Defra will not consider heterologous vaccine products. Those wishing to provide the information requested here should contact Melanie Swain (melanie.swain@defra.gov.uk), by the 8 September 2025. Defra reserves the right to follow up with suppliers on a 1:1 basis to further understand their capabilities with regard to this requirement. Defra is seeking this information to inform decisions around guarantees of supply to the UK market. Therefore the estimated total value shown below is only indicative at this stage.

CPV: Vaccines for veterinary medicine

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrs 9 moSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2031 (5 yrs 9 mo) · up to 31 Dec 2036 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 Aug 2025, 16:17 BST
Last source update
8 Aug 2025, 08:56 BST
Authority reference
P37007
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047118
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Vaccines for veterinary medicine
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0583a6 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

7 Aug 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    7 Aug 2025, 16:17 BST
  2. Market engagement
    8 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    If your organisation is interested in this requirement, please provide the following information to the named contact above, via email: - The details of your organisation's FMD antigen and vaccine products. - Number and size of dose. - Data on safety, efficacy and period (onset and duration) of immunity in the target species. - Longevity/shelf life of vaccines and antigen. - The number of doses in the vaccination schedule. - Storage conditions and bottle sizes available. - The type of technology used to develop the vaccine production capacity. - Species that can be vaccinated and any data on the minimum age that animals can be vaccinated. - Whether the vaccine is produced to GMP standard or equivalent. - Whether the vaccine is manufactured and stored according to the WOAH Terrestrial Manual Chapter 3.1.8. - Whether the vaccine is currently authorised for use with a valid marketing authorisation and, if so, where is the vaccine authorised. - Whether the vaccine has been used elsewhere in the world. - Timelines for submitting applications for a marketing authorisation to VMD (if relevant). - The likely cost of the product. - Information on novel technologies and products and likely timeframe to market.

  3. Tender notice expected341 days ago
    21 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts211 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Aug 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    7 Aug 2025, 16:17 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 Aug 2025, 08:56 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PBHC-6261-BLLQ Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact name, email

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure