# Dead Wild Birds Collection Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Defra](/buyers/defra/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [UK Farmcare Ltd](/contract-winners/uk-farmcare/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,096,200
- Tender value: £1,096,200
- Award date: 28 July 2023
- Published: 14 August 2023
- Contract start: 1 August 2023
- Contract end: 31 July 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a22f2427-7c40-46cd-bd24-92b9999a4eb4-671777
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-60c52456-3176-4e21-82f8-6c4a705d2d28

## Description

This contract covers the collection / sampling of dead wild birds, across mainland Great Britain \(GB\), that are deemed to be of surveillance value and delivery of the wild bird carcasses to designated sites for testing\. The value on this Notice is for the initial contract period \(01/08/2023 to 31/07/2024\) plus the optional one-year extension period \(to 31/07/2025\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a22f2427-7c40-46cd-bd24-92b9999a4eb4-671777)