Published date: 27 June 2018
This notice was replaced on 30 October 2018
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 30 October 2018)
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Contract summary
Industry
Food or feed contamination protection services - 90721300
Location of contract
London
Value of contract
£660,000
Procurement reference
tender_174500/684313
Published date
27 June 2018
Closing date
31 July 2018
Contract start date
1 December 2018
Contract end date
30 November 2021
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The London Borough of Hillingdon is responsible for overseeing imported food and feed controls at its Imported Food Office located at London Heathrow Airport. European Community legislation requires imports of certain food and feed products to be introduced into the United Kingdom only via approved inspection facilities. The Imported Food Office at London Heathrow Airport is an approved inspection facility for both imports of products of animal origin, and those not of animal origin.
The London Borough of Hillingdon are looking for a supplier or suppliers that can analyse imports of feed and food for the following contaminants:
1- Lot A - Pesticide residues
2 - Lot B - Caesium-134 and Caesium-137
3 - Lot C - Microbiological contaminants
4 - Lot D - Other Miscellaneous
5 - Lot E - All of the above
The London Borough of Hillingdon reserve the right to award some or all of the tests shown above.
The majority of imports that are examined by London Borough of Hillingdon Imported Food Officers are fresh, highly perishable products. All samples taken are formal official control samples. The samples taken fall into two categories:
Those where legislation requires the consignment to be detained pending the results of analysis. An expedited turnaround time is therefore required.
Those samples taken as part of surveillance activities. The consignment is not detained pending the results of sampling. These samples are not time critical, and an expedited turnaround time is not required.
Quotations and turnaround times should be provided for both:
Consignments that have been sampled and will be detained pending the results of analysis (time critical samples).
Consignments that have been sampled and released pending the results of analysis (expedited turnaround time not required).
The detailed requirements are set out in the tender documentation that is available from the Council's e-tendering portal, www.capitalesourcing.com.
More information
Additional text
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The tenders for these services are being sought through the Council's e-tendering portal, www.capitalesourcing.com and the tender documentation is only available from this.
Tenders received will be evaluated on the basis of 80% Price and 20% Quality as set out in the tender documentation.
About the buyer
Contact name
Allison Mayo
Address
High Street
Uxbridge
UB8 1UW
England
Telephone
01895 556354
Website
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