Supply of Badger BCG Vaccine (Defra)

A Contract Award Notice
by DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract ()
Duration: not specified
Value: £2M

Sector: MISCELLANEOUS
Published: 11 Sep 2025
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs London

1 supplier

Aj Vaccines Copenhagen

Description

The purpose of this Transparency Notice is to announce the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affair's (Defra) intention to enter into a contract for supply of BadgerBCG (Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) for the vaccination of badgers to support the UK Government Bovine Tuberculosis (BtB) Strategy

Award Detail

1	Aj Vaccines (Copenhagen) Supply of Badger BCG for Badger Vaccination Projects Reference: 1 Value: £1,532,363

CPV Codes

None found

Legal Justification

BadgerBCG (BCG Danish Strain 1331) is a specific licenced and approved veterinary product for use in badgers. AJ Vaccines are the only organisation that manufacture BadgerBCG. BadgerBCG is the only vaccine that has been granted UK Marketing Authorisation (MA) by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) for use in badgers to control TB. Although unauthorised vaccines and strains of BCG may be used in badgers, this would only be in exceptional circumstances where there is no suitable UK-authorised veterinary medicine available.