Scope
Description
The purpose of this Contract Details Notice is to announce the intention for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to award a contract to Lotek UK Ltd for 'combined proximity logger, GPS and VHF transmitter' devices which will be fitted to collars. The collars will allow APHA at Woodchester Park to gather data to support hypotheses within the Bovine Tuberculosis (BtB) strategy
Contract 1. Supply of Radio Collars to APHA
Supplier
Contract value
- £250,740 excluding VAT
- £300,888 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
2 September 2025
Standstill period
- End: 26 September 2025
- 8 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
30 September 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 October 2025 to 31 December 2027
- Possible extension to 31 December 2029
- 4 years, 3 months
Description of possible extension:
Twenty-Four (24) Month extension
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 32230000 - Radio transmission apparatus with reception apparatus
Contract locations
- UKK13 - Gloucestershire
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Supplier
LOTEK UK LTD
- Companies House: 02895873
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQYN-6326-DWWD
The Old Courts, Worgret Road,
Wareham
BH20 4PL
United Kingdom
Email: info.uk@lotek.com
Website: http://www.lotek.com
Region: UKK25 - Dorset
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1. Supply of Radio Collars to APHA
Contracting authority
Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBHC-6261-BLLQ
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@defra.gov.uk
Region: UKI32 - Westminster
Organisation type: Public authority - central government
Other organisation
These organisations are carrying out the procurement, or part of it, on behalf of the contracting authorities.
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
Summary of their role in this procurement: Undertaking procurement on behalf of the contracting authority
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNBD-3289-CDGX
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@defra.gov.uk
Region: UKI32 - Westminster