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On-Farm Kill & Carcase Collection Open Framework Agreement

Buyer: ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY →

BuyerANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£23,140,000
Published21 May 2026

What is being bought

This is a re-procurement of the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s existing On-Farm Kill & Carcase Collection Framework Agreement and is expected to be launched in September 2026 with a view to establish an eight (8)-year open framework series. The On-Farm Kill & Carcase Collection framework will seek the appointment of a range of providers who can deliver various services, across different Lots, that include; handling, culling, removal of carcase(s) and provision of post mortem examination facilities (where required), and carcase disposal services for farmed livestock, primarily for TB control purposes. Services may be required to be delivered at very short notice (within six (6) to twelve (12) hours). The resulting framework is to be open for use by: Defra, APHA, Welsh Government & Scottish Government.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Agricultural services 77100000Animal husbandry services 77500000Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations 98110000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 May 2027 to 30 Apr 2035
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Animal husbandry services, Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations, Agricultural servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 77. The category anchor is Agricultural services (77100000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 771,3955 median · 20.6 average (539 of 1,395 with a bid count)4.1 average (562 of 1,395 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK2437 median · 27.3 average (67 of 243 with a bid count)4.6 average (69 of 243 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)35Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise to obtain feedback from the market. This activity is intended to inform APHA’s proposed approach to the forthcoming procurement, support the development of a robust and proportionate specification, and ensure that its requirements reflect current market capability and best practice. If you wish to participate in this market engagement exercise, you are invited to request a copy of the market engagement pack via email to: mandy.worsnop@defra.gov.uk by 5pm, 29 May 2025. Please use the subject title “OFKCC Framework Agreement Market Engagement” in your request. The market engagement pack will be issued to interested parties during the week commencing 01 June 2026. Feedback and any questions concerning the requirement should be returned to the same email address no later than 17:00 on 26 June 2025. Any future tender exercise will be conducted through the Defra eSourcing portal. If your organisation is not already registered you can create an account at https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome. This engagement does not constitute a formal notice to tender and there is no guarantee APHA will proceed with an external tendering exercise to create a framework or other form of contract.engagement26 Jun 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068fa8
Latest release ID047052-2026
Latest release timestampThu May 21 2026 11:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£23,140,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
21 May 2026planning047052-2026
30 Apr 2026planning040108-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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