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title: "UK public contract notice 31671 — Defra Network eTendering Portal"
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# UK public contract notice 31671 — Defra Network eTendering Portal

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-public-contract-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-02cf0a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defra Network eTendering Portal: "UK public contract notice 31671 — Defra Network eTendering Portal". Published status: active. Published Value: £2,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: defra.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321)
- **Published Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 September 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Chemical reagents, Laboratory reagents, Vaccines for veterinary medicine
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02cf0a`

## 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/uk-public-contract-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-02cf0a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [defra.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefra.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-public-contract-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-02cf0a#participate

## Description
The Authority on behalf the APHA is looking to appoint a Contract Manufacturing Organisation (CMO) to produce the fusion protein (DST-F) to the standards of UK Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).This will involve technology transfer from the current non-GMP manufacturer of the manufacturing steps and quality control tests for all stages of production from Master Seed (MS) through to testing and release of a finished commercial product.  The CMO will have the capacity for the anticipated commercial scale manufacture of up to one million doses annually

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 33696300, 33696500
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** 1.3	The Authority on behalf the APHA is looking to appoint a Contract Manufacturing Organisation (CMO) to produce the fusion protein (DST-F) to the standards of UK Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).This will involve technology transfer from the curre...
- **Contract Period:** 22/11/2021 to 21/11/2026
- **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%2F018332-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-30T21:45:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T12:49:59.731Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02cf0a