Provision of Support to an APHA Tier 2 National Exercise (ASPEN)

Concepts

• business, professional and specialist organisations
• exercise planning phase
• exercise development
• project design & exercise planning phase 3
• the national exercise
• apha
• national
• aspen
• project debriefing phase
• large scale fmd outbreak

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

The primary purpose of the Tier 2 National Exercise will be to test the Government’s Contingency Plans and established policy, for the control of an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). Its aim is not to provoke new policy developments but rather to explore current policy and the arrangements for its implementation. It will also test APHA’s operational response arrangements and expose communications, resilience and capability to scrutiny.

Total Quantity or Scope

APHA has a critical role in the control and eradication of endemic and exotic notifiable and reportable diseases including responding to Outbreaks of notifiable avian disease, Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) or swine fever. APHA in conjunction with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Welsh Government (WG), Scottish Government (SG) & Northern Ireland (NI) and their operational partners are to work in partnership to plan, prepare and deliver a Tier 2 National Exercise. The exercise will be a medium to large scale FMD Outbreak originating in the border regions of England and Wales spreading to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The primary purpose of the National Exercise is to test Defra’s, WG’s, SG’s and NI governments current contingency plans and established policy, for the control of an outbreak of FMD. … It will also test the APHA’s operational response arrangements and expose communications, resilience and capability to scrutiny. A phased approach is required and summarised below. This is to ensure a level of professionalism and quality of delivery that APHA resource could not produce. It is necessary that the Contractor has experience of managing and delivering exercises of similar scale. Phase 1 – Project Initiation & Contract Mobilisation Phase 2 – Project Design & Exercise Planning Phase 3 – Exercise Development & Pre-briefing Phase 4 – Project and Exercise Delivery Phase 5 – Project Debriefing Phase 6 – Project Reporting & Closure

Renewal Options

May be extended by a further six (6) months

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 98110000 - Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

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