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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: BFR ADAPT Research Study (Universities Only – see attached VTN document)
2. Awarding Authority:
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Holderness House,51-61 Clifton Street

LONDON
England
EC2A4DW
Contact: Michael Woodard
Email: michael.woodard100@mod.gov.uk
Phone: 030 679 82474
URL:
3. Contract Type: Services
4. Description: Defence Medical Services intend to award the Blood Flow Restriction Contract, otherwise known as BFR, for two PhD students in Neuromuscular Physiology and Imaging and Cellular Muscular Physiology to facilitate the ADAPT Trial, to Bath University and the University of Northumbria. The requirement is seeking the answer to the research question: Does low-load resistance training (LL-RT) with or without blood flow restriction (BFR) provide an effective method of treatment for military personnel with lower-limb musculoskeletal injury (MSKI) who are unable to tolerate conventional heavy-load resistance training during in-patient rehabilitation?
5. CPV Codes:
73110000 – Research services
6. NUTS Codes: UKI12
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: North East,South West
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
BFR ADAPT Research Study (Universities Only – see attached VTN document)
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: £60,000
10. Start Date: 01/08/2022
11. End Date: 31/08/2025
12. Closing Date: 25/06/2022
13. Other Information:
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