Published date: 4 November 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 5 December 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Analysis services - 71620000

Location of contract

NR33 0HT

Value of contract

£0 to £1,800,000

Procurement reference

CF-0010700D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

4 November 2022

Closing date

5 December 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2028

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

Current legislation requires that classified shellfish production areas are monitored for microbiological contamination, marine biotoxins, harmful algae and chemical contamination. This forms part of an official control monitoring programme. In Scotland, Food Standards Scotland (FSS) is the competent authority with responsibility for the implementation and delivery of the Scottish shellfish official control (OC) monitoring programme.

Cefas is the laboratory designated by FSS to provide a completely managed, high quality service for the provision of this programme across Scotland. Services delegated to Cefas include co-ordinating the programme, arranging the collection of samples and delivering the required testing, and this in line with relevant national legislation as well as FSS policies and protocols.

This opportunity is to appoint a suitable organisation to deliver the water monitoring element of this programme, testing samples to assess concentrations of harmful algae in Scottish classified shellfish production areas, within the context of the FSS OC monitoring programme.

The Tenderer will be required to be accredited to ISO17025 standard for the required analyses and must be able to demonstrate compliance against these standards. This will include experience of delivering such analyses within a routine monitoring environment (not research).

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About the buyer

Contact name

Emma Roberts

Address

Cefas, Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
GB

Telephone

01502 527766

Email

procure@cefas.co.uk