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Biological Control of Invasive Non-Native Riparian Weeds

Research services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Defra: "Biological Control of Invasive Non-Native Riparian Weeds". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDefraScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
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Coverage: 2 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDefra
Procedure methodNot published
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Statuscomplete
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Published28 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update28 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationResearch services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02cdc9
What is being bought
Research to enable cost-effective, long-term and species-specific control of priority INNS plants, which cost Great Britain approximately £2 billion a year by having significant impacts on biodiversity, infrastructure, flooding, the economy and safety.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    28 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    28 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Research to enable cost-effective, long-term and species-specific control of priority INNS plants, which cost Great Britain approximately £2 billion a year by having significant impacts on biodiversity, infrastructure, flooding, the economy and safety.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    28 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 9 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST · £372,070
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
CABI
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Contracts
Contract
£372,070 · signed 9 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Defra

Contracting authority GB-FTS-22009
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  • Defra
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Nobel House, London, UK, SW1P 3JR
    network.procurement@defra.gov.uk
    +44 2072385921

  • CABI
    supplier

    Wallingford, UKJ14, OX10 8DE

  • Royal Courts of Justice
    reviewBody

    London
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Planning and rationale
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Procedure rationaleThis is a direct award contract based on the fact that only CABI can currently conduct this work in the UK. It is the sole holder of several plant health quarantine licences required to undertake this research and to use and/or release the necessary control agents. CABI is in a unique position to source and import agents from their native range due to well-established relationships with respective national counterparts and a proven track record of exportation supported by the necessary permits. It is the only research team in the UK with experience and knowhow to use these control agents, including maintaining cultures and mass-rearing. CABI has the specialist laboratory and facilities required to undertake this research. CABI is therefore currently unique in the UK in terms of its level of experience and reputation in weed biocontrol (with both arthropods and pathogens) and the necessary licensed facilities. CABI has secured a European patent in the name of the Secretary of State for the development of a mycoherbicide to target Mycosphaerella leafspot (a leafspot fungal disease); and is currently currently pursuing North American patents.