National Co-ordinator & Delivery Lead for a Badger Vaccination Field Force (BVFF)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
London
Open procedure
9 March 2026 to 8 March 2030

The contractor will coordinate and deliver badger vaccination services across defined high-risk and edge areas for bovine TB in England. Responsibilities include contracting and managing local delivery partners, collecting and collating field datasets, and providing comprehensive contract management and reporting to the authority. Services are deployed within specific epidemiological clusters determined by expert analysis.

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Awarded value: £15.2m; As published
Published: 22 April 2025
Awarded: 6 March 2026; UK Farmcare Limited
Contract length: 48 months; Ends 8 March 2030

What the contract covers

Services contract

Provision of national programme management and field delivery services for wildlife vaccination programmes within agricultural and rural environments.

Co-ordinate and deliver badger Vaccination Services within defined 'Project Areas' with high levels of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in the High Risk and Edge areas of England
Contracting and managing Delivery Partners (local organisations and individuals) to deliver vaccination services at scale
Collection and collation of datasets from the delivery of the vaccination services and reporting them to the Authority
Contract management and co-ordination of the Services

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Services contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 48 months
Extensions: 24 months
Longest it can run: 72 months
Contract dates: 9 March 2026 to 8 March 2030
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for charities and social enterprises: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 77500000, 79421000

Services in this contract

Official veterinary controls and animal disease surveillanceMain service£691k typicalCoordination and delivery of badger vaccination for bovine TB disease control

Lifecycle

Published
22 April 2025
Contract awardedto UK Farmcare Limited
6 March 2026
Contract starts
9 March 2026
Contract ends
8 March 2030

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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UK Farmcare Limited

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/320786/national-co-ordinator-and-delivery-lead-for-a-badger-vaccination-field-force-bvf
Buyer reference: C33378
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-050585
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. National Co-ordinator & Delivery Lead for a Badger Vaccination Field Force (BVFF). Contract award, 22 April 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/320786/national-co-ordinator-and-delivery-lead-for-a-badger-vaccination-field-force-bvf (accessed 5 November 2026).