Awarded contract

Contract for the provision of External Audit of BCGcattle Phase 3

Details

Buyer: Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
Supplier(s): Clinical Research & Communication
Value: £1,519
Topic: Research consultancy services
Published: 17 November 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Contract for the provision of External Audit of BCGcattle Phase 3 Lot 1: The requirement is for the external auditor to be based on the extended field work to complete Phase 3. The complexity and challenges around this project are numerous and the external auditor brings stability and experience. The external auditor is critical to success of the field trials.<br/>Defra have invested in the development of a vaccine and companion DIVA test for bovine TB and it is expected that these will be a key tool in the control of this disease. For granting of a Marketing Authorisation (MA) by VMD a field trial of both diagnostics demonstrating safety and specificity must be run in the field. The external auditor will ensure that the field trial complies with GCPvet by performing audits as well as providing consultancy as and when required. Any significant deviation from GCPvet would risk granting of the MAs, and the field trial having to be repeated.

Timeline

Completed: Award date28 October 2025
Completed: Award published17 November 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). APHA also works on behalf of the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government. Goods, services and works are acquired by competition, with single-tender contracts limited to exceptional cases. Larger purchases need procurement strategy approval from Defra's sponsor team once APHA passes its delegated authority limit.

Over the past 5 years, most of APHA's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, architectural and engineering services and research and development.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@animal-and-plant-health-agency-apha.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@animal-and-plant-health-agency-apha.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@animal-and-plant-health-agency-apha.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@animal-and-plant-health-agency-apha.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@animal-and-plant-health-agency-apha.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@animal-and-plant-health-agency-apha.gov