Defra awards badger vaccination field-force contract to Farmcare Solutions Ltd

Tender information last checkedLast checked 15 Oct 2026, 18:55.

Opportunity overview

The Authority (Defra) requires an organisation to co-ordinate and deliver badger Vaccination Services in the High Risk and Edge Areas of England. Vaccination Services will be required within specific bTB “Clusters”, to be determined by epidemiological experts from Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Farmcare Solutions Ltd

Matched by exact name

Contract value: £15.2m
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 6 Mar 2026
Including VAT: £18.2m
Award ID: 2
Status: active
Identifier: GB-PPON PBJN-9951-YDZR
Location: Stone, UKG24, ST15 0SD, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
contractSignedOpen source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: C33378
Status: complete
Procurement Method: open
Procurement Method Details: Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Covered By

GPA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Published documents

Entry 1

Id: conflictOfInterest
Document Type: conflictOfInterest
Description: Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Id: GB-PPON-PNBD-3289-CDGX

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PNBD-3289-CDGX

Address

Street Address: Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
Locality: London
Postal Code: SW1P 4DF
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKI32

Contact

Name: Melanie Swain
Email: melanie.swain@defra.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - central government

Organisation 2

Name: Farmcare Solutions Ltd
Id: GB-PPON-PBJN-9951-YDZR

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PBJN-9951-YDZR

Address

Street Address: 3 Diamond Way
Locality: Stone
Postal Code: ST15 0SD
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKG24

Contact

Email: vicki.stewart@ukfarmcare.com

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme
Vcse: No
Public Service Mission Organization: No
Sheltered Workshop: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 2
Status: active
Main Procurement Category: services

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 77500000
Description: Animal husbandry services

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-PPON-PBJN-9951-YDZR
Name: Farmcare Solutions Ltd

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 2
Award ID: 2
Title: National Co-ordinator & Delivery Lead for a Badger Vaccination Field Force
Status: active
Has Renewal: Yes
Above Threshold: Yes
Date Signed: 6 Mar 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts: 9 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends: 8 Mar 2030, 23:59
Max Extent Date: 8 Mar 2032, 23:59

Renewal

Description: Up to twenty-four (24) months.

Value

Including VAT: 18,189,616.8
Amount: 15,158,014
Currency: GBP

Documents

Entry 1

Id: A-24164
Document Type: contractSigned
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-24164 ↗
Format: application/x-zip-compressed

Entry 2

Id: 097669-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097669-2026 ↗
Published: 15 Oct 2026, 17:14
Format: text/html

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1

Id: 0216
Title: KPI 3: Vaccination Services Delivery (B)
Description: The Supplier will carry out badger vaccination as part of the Vaccination Services and the numbers will be recorded on a km² basis. Year 1 of the Vaccination Services = a minimum of 2 badgers per km². Year 2 of the Vaccination Services = a minimum of 3 badgers per km². Years 3 onwards of the Vaccination Services = a minimum of 3.5 badgers per km².

Observations

Entry 1

Id: frequency

Period

Duration In Months: 12

Entry 2

Id: 0214
Title: KPI 1: Land access and sign up for Vaccination Services
Description: The Supplier will gain land-access agreements & appropriate licenses within the given Project Areas. Year 1 of the Vaccination Services = a minimum of 30% of each Project Area. Year 2 onwards of the Vaccination Services = a minimum of 70% of each Project Area.

Observations

Entry 1

Id: frequency

Period

Duration In Months: 12

Entry 3

Id: 0215
Title: KPI 2: Vaccination Services Delivery (A)
Description: The Supplier will ensure that all preparatory activities required as part of the Vaccination Services are completed to a high standard and in line with the agreed Work Programme, using professional judgment to apply indicative guidance appropriately. % of preparatory Vaccination Services activities completed within agreed timescales, with documented rationale for any deviations from indicative guidance.

Observations

Entry 1

Id: frequency

Period

Duration In Months: 12

Amendments

Entry 1

Description: Redacted contract attached.
Id: 097669-2026

Recorded locations

Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1P 4DF · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS

016564-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender · 24 Feb 2026, 15:24
021458-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 10 Mar 2026, 15:53
097669-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 15 Oct 2026, 17:14

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Defra awarded Farmcare Solutions Ltd a contract to coordinate and deliver badger vaccination services in specified bovine TB clusters in England’s High Risk and Edge Areas.

Published outcome signals

Procurement statusCompleteEvidence: Tender status is "complete"; lot 1 status is "complete".
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 2 status is "active".
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract 2 status is "active".

96% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed5 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 097669-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050585
First published: 10 Mar 2026
Last checked: 15 Oct 2026, 18:55
Notice versions reviewed: 3

View Find a Tender notice ↗

HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 15 Oct 2026

Read the analysis methodology →

AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Defra awarded Farmcare Solutions Ltd a contract to coordinate and deliver badger vaccination services in specified bovine TB clusters in England’s High Risk and Edge Areas.

Published outcome

One active award, covering lot 1, is linked to Farmcare Solutions Ltd. The contract record states it was signed on 6 March 2026 and starts on 9 March 2026.

Market significance

This is a four-year central-government animal-health services contract valued at £15,158,014 excluding VAT (£18,189,616.80 including VAT), with an expressly stated option of up to 24 additional months.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

Farmcare Solutions Ltd

98% confidence

Award 2 · Lots 1 · Shared contract value: £15,158,014 excluding VAT; £18,189,616.80 including VAT GBP · Active award and active contract

View supporting evidence

Award 2 names Farmcare Solutions Ltd as supplier and relates to lot 1. Contract 2 is linked to award 2 and supplies the total contract value.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Procurement status

98% confidence

Complete

View supporting evidence

Tender status is "complete"; lot 1 status is "complete".

Award status

98% confidence

Active

View supporting evidence

Award 2 status is "active".

Contract status

98% confidence

Active

View supporting evidence

Contract 2 status is "active".

Contract signature

99% confidence

Signed 6 March 2026

View supporting evidence

Contract 2 gives dateSigned as 2026-03-06.

Contract commencement

99% confidence

9 March 2026

View supporting evidence

Contract period startDate is 2026-03-09T00:00:00Z.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value excluding VAT

99% confidence

£15,158,014

View supporting evidence

Contract 2 value.amount is 15158014 GBP.

Contract value including VAT

99% confidence

£18,189,616.80

View supporting evidence

Contract 2 value.amountGross is 18189616.8 GBP.

Value allocation

98% confidence

The published value is at contract level; no separate lot-level or other allocation is supplied.

View supporting evidence

Lot 1 and award 2 contain no value amount; contract 2 contains the value.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract award notice release

95% confidence

24 February 2026

View supporting evidence

Release history lists release 016564-2026 dated 2026-02-24 as a Contract award notice.

Contract signed

99% confidence

6 March 2026

View supporting evidence

Contract 2 dateSigned is 2026-03-06.

Contract start

99% confidence

9 March 2026

View supporting evidence

Contract 2 period startDate is 2026-03-09.

Contract end

99% confidence

8 March 2030

View supporting evidence

Contract 2 period endDate is 2030-03-08T23:59:59Z.

Latest contract-details update

98% confidence

15 October 2026

View supporting evidence

Release history lists 097669-2026 as an award/contract update dated 2026-10-15.

Published amendment note

94% confidence

Redacted contract attached

View supporting evidence

Contract 2 amendments includes the description "Redacted contract attached."

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

Coordinate and deliver badger vaccination services.

View supporting evidence

Tender description states Defra requires an organisation to co-ordinate and deliver badger vaccination services.

Geographic coverage

99% confidence

High Risk and Edge Areas of England, within bTB clusters determined by Defra and APHA epidemiological experts.

View supporting evidence

Tender description specifies the High Risk and Edge Areas of England and bTB clusters to be determined by Defra and APHA experts.

Service classification

98% confidence

Animal husbandry services (CPV 77500000).

View supporting evidence

Award item 1 lists CPV 77500000, "Animal husbandry services".

Lot structure

98% confidence

One published lot (lot 1); no lot title or description supplied.

View supporting evidence

Tender lists one lot with id 1; the supplied lot record has no title or description.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Open procedure, described as a competitive flexible procedure.

View supporting evidence

Tender procurementMethod is "open" and procurementMethodDetails is "Competitive flexible procedure".

Legal basis

97% confidence

Procurement Act 2023 (2023/54).

View supporting evidence

Tender legalBasis identifies UKPGA 2023/54.

International coverage

95% confidence

Covered by GPA.

View supporting evidence

Tender coveredBy includes "GPA".

Competition information

99% confidence

Number of tenders, bidders, evaluation scores and award rationale are not supplied.

View supporting evidence

No bid count, scoring, ranking or award-rationale fields are present in the supplied notice data.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Initial term

99% confidence

9 March 2026 to 8 March 2030.

View supporting evidence

Contract 2 period startDate is 2026-03-09 and endDate is 2030-03-08.

Extension provision

99% confidence

Up to 24 months.

View supporting evidence

Contract 2 hasRenewal is true; renewal description states "Up to twenty-four (24) months."

Maximum stated end date

99% confidence

8 March 2032

View supporting evidence

Contract 2 maxExtentDate is 2032-03-08T23:59:59Z.

Performance metrics

98% confidence

Annual KPIs cover land access and licensing, timely preparatory activity, and vaccination delivery measured per km².

View supporting evidence

Contract 2 lists three agreed metrics, each with a 12-month observation period.

Land-access KPI

99% confidence

At least 30% of each project area in year 1; at least 70% from year 2 onward.

View supporting evidence

KPI 1 description specifies these thresholds.

Vaccination-density KPI

99% confidence

Minimum 2 badgers per km² in year 1, 3 in year 2, and 3.5 from year 3 onward.

View supporting evidence

KPI 3 description specifies these thresholds.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Demand dependency

98% confidence

Delivery locations are not fixed in the notice: bTB clusters are to be determined by Defra and APHA epidemiological experts.

View supporting evidence

Tender description states clusters will be determined by Defra and APHA epidemiological experts.

Operational emphasis

98% confidence

The published KPIs make land access, licensing, preparatory readiness and vaccination density measurable annual delivery obligations.

View supporting evidence

The three agreed metrics specify these subjects and annual observation periods.

Value interpretation

98% confidence

The stated value is a contract total and should not be interpreted as a price for a specific cluster, year or KPI output.

View supporting evidence

Only total contract value is supplied; no pricing schedule, cluster allocation or annual breakdown is published in the provided data.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

96%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-050585
Analysed: 15 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

View supporting evidence

Buyer party is named DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS; tender description identifies the Authority as Defra.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Central government public authority.

View supporting evidence

Buyer classification is "Public authority - central government".

Buyer location

99% confidence

London, United Kingdom.

View supporting evidence

Buyer address lists Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier type

97% confidence

SME

View supporting evidence

Supplier party details records scale as "sme".

Supplier location

98% confidence

Stone, United Kingdom.

View supporting evidence

Supplier party address lists Stone, ST15 0SD, United Kingdom.

Supplier identifier

99% confidence

GB-PPON PBJN-9951-YDZR

View supporting evidence

Supplier identifier is scheme GB-PPON, id PBJN-9951-YDZR.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Extension decision point

90% confidence

Estimate: around the initial end date of 8 March 2030, subject to Defra exercising the stated option.

View supporting evidence

The initial term ends 8 March 2030 and the contract allows up to 24 months' renewal; this is an estimate from published dates, not a procurement forecast.

Potential maximum term

99% confidence

Up to 8 March 2032 if the full extension is used.

View supporting evidence

Contract maxExtentDate is 8 March 2032 and renewal is stated as up to 24 months.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier identity

99% confidence

The source supplier name is used as published and is not Companies House-verified in the supplied data.

View supporting evidence

supplier_identity_status is "not_applicable"; verified company name and number are null.

Award date

99% confidence

No award date is supplied for award 2.

View supporting evidence

Award record award_date is null.

Notice chronology

99% confidence

The supplied release history includes a contract award notice dated 24 February 2026, before the stated signature date of 6 March 2026. This chronology is reported without inferring an error or selecting an alternative date.

View supporting evidence

Release 016564-2026 is dated 2026-02-24; contract 2 dateSigned is 2026-03-06.

Publication timing

99% confidence

The latest contract-details update is dated 15 October 2026, after the stated contract start date. The supplied data does not explain the timing of publication or update.

View supporting evidence

Contract start is 2026-03-09; release 097669-2026 is dated 2026-10-15.

Information not supplied in the published notice

99% confidence

No tender deadline, tender start date, bidder count, evaluation detail, award rationale, lot title, lot description, lot value or pricing breakdown is supplied.

View supporting evidence

These fields are null, absent, or empty in the supplied process, award and lot data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The supplier name is published by the source but has not been Companies House-verified in the supplied data.
No award date is provided for the individual award.
The award notice release predates the stated contract signature date; the source does not explain this chronology.
The latest contract-details update postdates the stated contract start; the reason is not supplied.
No bidder count, tender evaluation, award rationale, lot title, lot description, lot-level value, annual value profile or pricing breakdown is published.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won Defra's badger vaccination field-force contract?

Farmcare Solutions Ltd is named as the supplier for active award 2, covering lot 1.

What is the contract value?

The contract value is £15,158,014 excluding VAT and £18,189,616.80 including VAT.

When does the contract run?

The stated initial period runs from 9 March 2026 to 8 March 2030, with an option of up to 24 months.

Has the contract been signed?

Yes. The contract record explicitly gives a signature date of 6 March 2026.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

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

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Farmcare Solutions Ltd

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Covered By

Lots and requirements

Published documents

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Suppliers

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Period

Renewal

Value

Documents

Agreed Metrics

Observations

Period

Observations

Period

Observations

Period

Amendments

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

Continue your research