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title: "Purchase, Storage and Emergency Production of Foot and Mouth Antigen and Vaccine"
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# Purchase, Storage and Emergency Production of Foot and Mouth Antigen and Vaccine

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/purchase-storage-and-emergency-production-of-foot-and-mouth-antigen-and-vaccine-ocds-h6vhtk-06c506). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal): "Purchase, Storage and Emergency Production of Foot and Mouth Antigen and Vaccine". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £4,300,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/animal-and-plant-health-agency-defra-network-etendering-port-gov-ea1079)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £4,300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Vaccines for veterinary medicine
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/purchase-storage-and-emergency-production-of-foot-and-mouth-antigen-and-vaccine-ocds-h6vhtk-06c506#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06c506`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/purchase-storage-and-emergency-production-of-foot-and-mouth-antigen-and-vaccine-ocds-h6vhtk-06c506#tl-md)

## Description
A UK2 notice (UK-0329) was published on 08/08/2025, containing the same details as below. Since then, the scope has been further developed, and we are re-engaging with the market to obtain the most current information before proceeding to competitive tender.
Defra is exploring options for supply of antigen and vaccines to the UK foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccine bank and is seeking to identify existing and potential suppliers who have FMD vaccines with robust evidence of quality, safety, and efficacy. We are keen to hear from suppliers who are in a position to supply suitable FMD vaccine products from early 2028 (including manufacturing lead times as necessary).
Please provide the information detailed in the section below, but please note that Defra will not consider heterologous vaccine products.
Those wishing to provide the information requested here should contact Melanie Swain (melanie.swain@defra.gov.uk), by 24th July 2026.
Defra reserves the right to follow up with suppliers on a 1:1 basis to further understand their capabilities with regard to this requirement.
Defra is seeking this information to inform decisions around guarantees of supply to the UK market. Therefore the estimated total value shown below is only indicative at this stage.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 33651690
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2027 to 31/03/2033
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F066862-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-15T14:14:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T05:05:32.772Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06c506