Published date: 8 January 2020
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Contract summary
Industry
Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products - 03000000
Echo, ultrasound and doppler imaging equipment - 33112000
Scanners - 38520000
Location of contract
CV8 2TL
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
2019-418
Published date
8 January 2020
Closing date
10 February 2020
Contract start date
2 April 2020
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Contract type
Not specified
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Provision of ultrasound scanning equipment to measure muscle and fat depths in live sheep and cattle.
Signet Breeding Services, a department within AHDB currently provide performance recording of a few beef breeds and virtually all sheep within the UK. Signet continues to scan around 50,000 sheep and 5,000 cattle each year.
Equipment is required for two services (sheep and beef scanning) for which two different probes may be needed and for which there are two different "reporting" procedures.
The ultrasound scanning of sheep and cattle requires the use of a real-time ultrasound imaging system which must be portable and be able to withstand "on-farm" conditions. Images must be taken externally using non-evasive techniques, ideally without the need for clipping the fleece or coat of the animal.
Liquid paraffin is applied to the skin of the animal over the 3rd lumbar vertebra so that contact can be made with the probe in a position 90º to the backbone to obtain an image in the loin area of the animal (loin chop in sheep; sirloin in cattle).
The probes need to make direct contact with the skin without the use of a stand-off. Once an acceptable image is available on screen, the image must be frozen to enable measurements to be taken with the use of the imaging system's screen callipers.
In the case of sheep, the four text measurements (three fat, one muscle) will be required to be downloaded directly onto a laptop using a USB data transfer connection. Additional data will be entered directly onto the laptop such as date, ID, weight, gender, management group as part of a specialised AHDB designed software package.
In the case of beef, the nine measurements (four fat, one muscle at the 3rd lumbar and four fat at the last rib) will be manually recorded onto paper (other data will also be recorded such as date, ID, weight, gender, management group). Electronic collection into a laptop software package will not be necessary for beef cattle.
The solution proposed must be of a model which would be fully serviceable and repairable in the UK for the period of the contract and therefore obsolete models will not be considered an acceptable proposal.
The outcome of this tender may result in more than one provider being awarded a contract.
If you are interested in receiving further documentation, please email procurement@ahdb.org.uk
Closing date for submissions: By 9am on Monday 10th February 2020
More information
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If you are interested in receiving further tender documentation, please email procurement@ahdb.org.uk
Submission deadline: By 9am Monday the 10th February 2020
About the buyer
Contact name
Procurement Team
Address
Stoneleigh Park
Kenilworth
Warwickshire
CV8 2TL
England
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